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Lost for 700 years, one of the Seven Wonders is emerging from the sea again as 22 giant blocks help solve a 2,000-year-old mysteryA significant discovery is bringing the legendary Lighthouse of Alexandria back to light. Archaeologists have recovered 22 massive stone bl...
A university student uncovered a tiny footprint in Alaska that survived for centuries underground, and helped scientists understand prehistoric childhoodArchaeologists unearthed a remarkable human footprint at Swan Point, Alaska. This ancient imprint belonged to a child aged 8 to 12. The dis...
Pompeii victim was likely a Roman physician who fled Vesuvius with his medical kit still in handArchaeologists in Pompeii discovered a physician who died attempting to escape Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, taking his medical kit. Modern tech...
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...
A hidden city grid is emerging beneath tropical forests as laser scans expose roads, terraces, and ancient platformsDense jungles conceal ancient cities. LiDAR, an airborne laser mapping technique, now unveils these hidden urban layouts. It penetrates fol...
Mystery in the Mediterranean Explained: Who Sank the 16th-Century Camarat 4 2,567 Meters Below?French naval researchers discovered Camarat 4, a 16th-century merchant shipwreck, in March 2025. This is the deepest shipwreck found in Fre...
A Lost Civilization Under the Rainforest? LiDAR Is Rewriting Amazon HistoryNew technology called LiDAR is uncovering hidden ancient cities in the Amazon rainforest. For centuries, people believed the Amazon was a w...
Sealed for 20,000 Years… Who Left These Ice Age Footprints in a Spanish Cave? ExplainedArchaeologists discovered ancient human footprints in a Spanish cave. These impressions, left by children about 20,000 years ago, reveal mo...
Was the Amazon Once Home to a Vast Civilization? 6,000 Platforms DiscoveredAdvanced laser mapping technology, LiDAR, is revolutionizing our understanding of the Amazon. Previously thought to be untouched wilderness...
Ancient skull reveals homo sapiens may be much older than thoughtAn ancient skull, worn and broken over millennia, has prompted a significant rethink of human evolution. Using high-resolution 3D imaging, ...
Archaeologists unearth 13th-century knight under ice cream parlour in PolandArchaeologists in Poland found a medieval knight's skeleton under an ice cream shop in Gdansk. The knight, believed to be from the 13th or ...
Google Arts and Culture launches AI-powered experiences in India: Explore Elephanta Caves and food mood fusionGoogle Arts & Culture has unveiled two tech-powered experiences. The tours are immersive and built on Gemini 1.5 Flash.
Researchers bring 2,500-year-old skulls from Tamil Nadu into shape, reconstruct facesResearchers have reconstructed the faces of two individuals who lived 2,500 years ago in Keeladi, Tamil Nadu, revealing South Indian featur...
A 'digital heist': Rosetta Stone returns home to London virtuallyThe Rosetta Stone will be "digitally repatriated" to Egypt by Looty, a group of London-based designers, allowing visitors to view it throug...
Heritage gets a tech upgrade: Digital archiving giving Gateway of India, Mysore Palace a new lease of lifeThe 3D scan project shows how imaging technology is throwing open the portals of history.
- Google, CyArk to build VR models of world's endangered heritage sites
San Franciscio, April 17 (IANS) Google has joined hands with CyArk, a California-based 3D laser scanning non-profit, to build virtual reali...
Budget 2018: Government plans private investments with tech to deck up heritage, tourist sitesThe govt proposes to develop ten prominent tourist sites as Iconic Tourism destinations.
Here's how technology is helping conservationists to document, restore and maintain our historyMost heritage sites and structures are so fragile that human intervention could do more harm than good.
3D laser scanning of world heritage site Hampi underwayThe project has been launched under Union government Science and Technology Department's India Digital Heritage Scheme.
- Digital tools to decrypt 2,400-yr-old papyrus
The burnt remains of a 2,400-year-old scroll buried with an ancient Greek nobleman may help unlock the secrets of early monotheistic religi...