To the chronology of the census in the year of the Birth of Christ

Continuing research and discoveries in the field of Egyptian antiquities are increasingly shedding light on biblical events, and often the most important ones at that. Thus, the discovery of various papyri made in Egypt, among which the famous “Sayings of Christ” were found, upon further research also provided some data to resolve the issue of the famous census carried out in the year of the Nativity of Christ. It is known that censuses, in the form of collecting taxes, were carried out throughout the Roman Empire every fourteen years; but until now we have not had secular data to establish the validity of these censuses earlier than 62 AD, during the reign of Nero. Now newly discovered papyri show that census cycles in Egypt certainly go back to 20 AD, from which it can be concluded with full probability that the first of these censuses, carried out every 14 years, was carried out in 10–9 BC, during the reign of Caesar Augustus. And this coincides with the reign of Herod the Great, and thus the silent voice from the tombs of Egypt confirms the sacred testimony of the evangelists Matthew and Luke. The papyri relating to this will soon be published in England and America, and then we hope to make a more detailed report about them.