Scholars clash over ‘giants’ mentioned in ancient papyrus.

Ancient Greek astronomers made important observations regarding the night sky long before the first ...

Experts think an ancient Egyptian scroll could confirm the existence of a lost race of 'biblical giants'. The Nephilim are ...

Before telescopes, ancient Greek astronomers relied on naked-eye observations of the night sky to understand the universe ...

In a study published in the journal Iraq, Dr. Troels Arbøll analyzed medical prescriptions from ancient Mesopotamia to ...

One immediately notices that Ancient Greek writing exclusively used uppercase letters, without any lowercase ones. This system is known as a majuscule script, originating from stone inscriptions, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A scholar from the Netherlands used AI to determine that the Dead Sea Scrolls may be older than previously believed. The new AI model pairs ...

In July 2024, Diamond's powerful light enabled a team from the nearby Bodleian Libraries to scan a 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll. The scroll, one of three housed at the libraries, was studied on ...

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The model, called Aeneas, is designed to contextualize Latin inscriptions by tracking down similarities across thousands of ancient texts. Google DeepMind says researchers can adapt Aeneas to other ...