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One of the world’s oldest stories just got an AI makeover, with the voice of an Oscar-winning actorHomer's epic 'Odyssey' has been reimagined as a 13-hour audiobook, narrated by an AI-generated voice clone of Oscar-winning actor Michael C...- In 1945, villagers digging for fertilizer in Upper Egypt found a sealed jar of codices, and Nag Hammadi changed the study of early ChristianityVillagers near Nag Hammadi found a sealed jar in 1945. Inside were thirteen ancient books. These books contained early Christian texts unkn...
- Two Egyptian mummies were scanned in Los Angeles with half-millimeter precision, and doctors found something they weren't expecting in a 2,200-year-old spineAncient Egyptian mummies, Nes-Min and Nes-Hor, underwent advanced CT scans at Keck Hospital, revealing a unique spinal trepanation on Nes-M...
- English literature's 'first-ever poem' hidden in lost medieval book in Rome revealed and it was composed by agricultural workerComposed in Old English by a Northumbrian agricultural worker in the 7th century, "Caedmon’s Hymn" appears within some copies of the “Eccle...
- A medieval book in Rome has been hiding the oldest English poemA medieval book in a Roman library revealed a remarkable find. Researchers uncovered the oldest known English poem, 'Caedmon's Hymn'. This ...
- The world’s oldest known star map was hidden beneath reused book pages for centuries before scientists finally recovered itScientists have uncovered ancient astronomical texts hidden beneath medieval writings. Using advanced X-ray technology, researchers found f...
- Over 40,000 manuscripts identified in J&K under Gyan Bharatam MissionJammu and Kashmir has identified over 40,000 manuscripts under the national Gyan Bharatam mission. A 16th-century Takri script manuscript w...
- Hindu temple in China reveals trade flourished between the two countriesThe oldest Ramayana manuscripts do not mention China. But the oldest Mahabharata manuscripts do. China became familiar with India first ind...
- Rare manuscript that depicts Jesus Christ's childhood decoded, say researchers in GermanyA manuscript depicting Jesus Christ's childhood has been decoded by researchers in Germany.
- 2,000-yr-old book, written by the 1st Christian monks, may fetch $2.6 mn at auctionThe Crosby-Schoyen Codex - written in Coptic on papyrus around 250-350 AD, and produced in one of the first Christian monasteries - has an ...
- Unveiling the past: How a library in Jerusalem is rescuing Palestinian manuscriptsThe Khalidi Library in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem contains manuscripts dating back centuries before the establishment of Israel and off...
- 1,000-year -old Hebrew Bible fetches $38 mn at auctionThe Bible is now the most valuable manuscript ever sold at an auction. It is said to be the earliest near complete Hebrew Bible.
- Ancient Hebrew Bible may fetch whopping $50 mn at New York auctionThe Codex Sassoon is set to go on the block at Sotheby's in New York in May.
- Rare 1,000-year-old manuscript, looted from Bulgarian forces, returned to a monastery in Greece from USThe Greek manuscript is one of the world's oldest handwritten gospels, and is believed to have been made in southern Italy.
- Blast from the past: Rare books & manuscripts from Tipu Sultan era to go under the hammer in SeptThe oldest book in the auction is ‘De Vita Caesarum’ written in 121 AD.
- 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...
- Perched high: Tawang, a place of absolute serenityTourists flock to this quiet town in Arunachal Pradesh as it is home to the indigenous Monpa and Nishing tribe.
- On a 'fun'tastic cultural soiree to JerusalemJerusalem, the Holy City dates back 4,000 years, and is the spiritual home to Muslims, Christians and Jews, and rich history, diverse cultu...
- Prince Charles, wife on 4-day visit to Kerala from tomorrowThe Royal couple, on their maiden visit to the state, will be reaching Kochi after completing their visits to Dehradun, New Delhi, Mumbai a...
- Digital tools to decrypt 2,400-yr-old papyrusThe burnt remains of a 2,400-year-old scroll buried with an ancient Greek nobleman may help unlock the secrets of early monotheistic religi...
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