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In the 1750s, well diggers broke into a buried Roman Villa near Herculaneum: What looked like charcoal turned out to be ancient booksEighteenth-century workers in Herculaneum unearthed a unique Roman library preserved by the 79 CE Vesuvius eruption. These carbonized papyr...- AI chatbots need more books to learn from; These libraries are opening their stacksCracking open the vaults to centuries-old tomes could be a data bonanza for tech companies battling lawsuits from living novelists, visual ...
- AI decodes 2,000-year-old burned, still-rolled scroll: Reveals title and author after centuriesAfter nearly 2,000 years, a burnt scroll from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius reveals its title and author. Thanks to AI and the Vesuvius Ch...
- 10 must-visit places for your next trip to the UKBritain is a treasure trove of day trip and staycation options, offering stunning countryside and vibrant cities. Key highlights include Lo...
- 1,300-year-old Durandal sword stolen: How did thief scale 100-foot rock wall?The ancient Durandal sword, compared to King Arthur's Excalibur, has vanished from Rocamadour, France. Embedded in a rock for 1,300 years, ...
- Who has stolen Charlemagne's sword Durandal from Rocamadour? The 1,300-year-old blade was compared to King Arthur's 'Excalibur'Durandal, a legendary sword believed to have belonged to a knight of Charlemagne, was stolen from its 1,300-year resting place in Rocamadou...
- How tech giants cut corners to harvest data for AIThe race to lead AI has become a desperate hunt for the digital data needed to advance the technology. To obtain that data, tech companies ...
- Hard-boiled detective fiction veteran Raymond Chandler was also a poet; 'The Big Sleep' author's family donates unpublished poems to crime magazineThe poem, titled 'Requiem' was written around 1955, and it reveals "a more sentimental, more mystical Raymond Chandler than we're used to,"...
- 'His Dark Materials' author Philip Pullman honoured with Bodley Medal at Oxford UniversityThe medal, awarded by Oxford University's 400-year-old Bodleian Libraries, honours contributions to literature, media or science.
- What do I know?We often say in Latin, ‘Ars longa, vita brevis’ --skillfulness takes time and life is short. Mystics and ancient Greek gymnosophists believ...
- Nobel laureate Amartya Sen honoured with Oxford University's Bodley MedalThe medal is the highest honour bestowed by the University of Oxford's world-famous Bodleian Libraries.
- Ancient Indian text pushes back history of zero by 500 yearsThe numbers appear in an ancient Indian text called the Bakhshali manuscript, which consists of 70 leaves of birch bark, filled with mathem...
- Cricket at Oxford University Club grounds; one purely for the love of the gameThere were no spectators. Rather, less than 100, perhaps even 50. Some of them were busy sipping their apple cider on a lovely sunny evenin...
- 19th century photographs to make a comeback at Sotheby'sPhotographs, dating from the early 19th century to the current decade, will make a return to Sotheby's in London at a sale on 7 May 2014.
- University of Oxford to launch merchandise in India; signs Bradford License India to find partnersOxford Limited has signed up Bradford License India to find partners to adapt Oxford brand into apparel, educational toys, stationery, gift...
- University of Oxford to launch merchandise in India; signs Bradford License India to find partnersOxford Limited has signed up Bradford License India to find partners to adapt Oxford brand into apparel, educational toys, stationery, gift...
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