The new street sign, named for the Jerusalem museum built in 1953 as a memorial to victims of the Holocaust, is just a few steps from Park East Synagogue, the stately Orthodox congregation at 163 East ...
Explore the fascinating narrative of forgery and tax evasion in ancient Rome through the discovery of a remarkable Greek papyrus.
A rediscovered Greek papyrus details a Roman court case in Iudaea involving tax fraud, forgery, and possible rebellion on the eve of the Bar Kokhba revolt. It provides new insights into Roman legal ...
"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Iudaea apart from the trial of Jesus," said one researcher.
A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.
Whether they were directly involved in rebellion is still an open question, but the implications of their case cannot be ignored.” ...
The main defendants, Gadalias and Saulos, stood accused of corrupt dealings, including falsified documents and fictitious ...
“Forgery and tax fraud carried severe penalties under Roman law, including hard labor or even capital punishment,” Dolganov ...
Scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have unveiled ...
Holocaust survivors and guests sit at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, during ...
Far-right leaders may be paying respects today, but their power reflects the growing threat of genocidal violence.