AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano
UK scientists have announced what they term a “historic breakthrough,” after the first image of the inside of a scroll ...
Smithsonian Magazine1h
Oldest Known Evidence of Lead Pollution Found in Ancient Greece
New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ...
Ancient engravings shed light on early human symbolic thought and complexity in Levantine Middle Paleolithic
A new study demonstrates that certain incised stone artifacts from the Levantine Middle Paleolithic, specifically from Manot, Qafzeh, and Quneitra caves, were deliberately engraved with geometric ...
Smithsonian Magazine20h
A Five-Pound Hunk of the World’s Oldest Known Synthesized Pigment Was Found in Nero’s Palace
The discovery might illuminate the link between the blue pigment's ancient Egyptian roots and its rediscovery by Renaissance ...
Scientists review Arabic manuscript containing lost works of Apollonius and shed light on Islamic scientific tradition
Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient ...
Greek Reporter23h
Greek Mythology’s Version of the Biblical Tower of Babel
The Tower of Babel has a surprising parallel in Greek mythology—Otus and Ephialtes’ daring attempt to reach Olympus.