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A 2,000-year-old scroll buried by Vesuvius has finally given up its ancient secretsScientists have finally uncovered hidden words from the ancient Herculaneum scrolls using AI technology. Buried by Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,...- 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...
- Did Ancient Egyptian Doctors Use Breast Milk to Treat Eye Problems? A New Look at a 3,500-Year-Old Medical MysteryAncient Egyptian physicians documented treatments on papyrus, revealing a sophisticated medical system. While most eye treatments involved ...
- Quote of the day by Aristotle: 'Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a God'Ancient Greek thinker Aristotle believed humans are social beings. He wrote that solitude is unnatural. Aristotle's ideas shaped societies ...
- Meet Luke Farritor, the former SpaceX intern who is now working for Elon Musk's DOGELuke Farritor, a former SpaceX intern, now works in Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Farritor, who gained prominence...
- 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 ...
- A long-lost branch of the Nile helped in building Egypt's pyramidsHauling these stones over land would have been grueling.
- Google to bring Dead Sea Scrolls onlineIsrael's Antiquities Authority and Google announced Tuesday they are joining forces to bring the Dead Sea Scrolls online, allowing both sch...
- 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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