LIX, BCE. The Roman LIX translates into 59 in Arabic, soon to proclaimed “American Numerals” by Trumpius Maximus, newly ...

Even as the nature of entertainment has changed radically with the passage of time, rendering many ancient ... make the border designs. After that they make the outlines of the painting. When the ...

By using Diamond's scans, along with the pioneering AI software platform his team developed, thousands of characters making up 5% of the scroll, were identified. The Oxford scroll has already revealed ...

We may make money ... words from a scroll burned in Mount Vesuvius’ A.D. 79 eruption — without unrolling it. This breakthrough, part of the Vesuvius Challenge, brings lost ancient texts ...

The collaboration between artificial intelligence and human expertise is striving to unlock the secrets of ancient papyrus scrolls, carbonized by a catastrophic volcanic eruption at Herculaneum almost ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

Researchers have peered inside an ancient scroll that was burned to a crisp in the volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii nearly 2,000 years ago. The scroll is one of hundreds found in the ...

More work is needed to make the scroll fully legible, but the team behind the project says the results are very promising, the BBC reports. According to scholars, the Herculaneum Scrolls have remained ...

Ancient scrolls charred by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago may finally be starting to reveal their secrets. UK scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough in their efforts to ...