500 years ago, the first New Testament in English was published – and stirred up a hornet’s nest

William Tyndale’s translation, published in 1526, was based on a then-radical idea: Anyone should be able to read the Bible ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Have Deciphered the Surviving Fragments of a 2,000-Year-Old Philosophical Treatise Frozen in Time by Mount Vesuvius’ Eruption

The papyrus manuscript was part of a vast library preserved by volcanic ash. Now, the remaining passages—which examine ethics ...