Modern technology is transforming the study of the ancient world. Archaeologists and historians now have access to scientific ...

Discover 25 facts that history forgot to mention, from Napoleon's true role to a president's parrot. Uncover bizarre, ...

Many "modern" inventions actually have precedents dating back more than 1000 years, to ancient Greek and Roman times.

They are, rightly, some of the most read writings from the ancient world. The second category of writing was the 600-1,000 ...

EU-funded scheme covers about 700 people Bracelet tracks falls, vital signs, sleep and movements inside and outside home ...

From Greek fire to Roman concrete, scientists still don't totally understand how these marvelous ancient inventions ...

The papyrus manuscript was part of a vast library preserved by volcanic ash. Now, the remaining passages—which examine ethics ...

This Silicon Valley-backed venture is unraveling the mangled remains of scrolls ruined by the 79 C.E. eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed Herculaneum and Pompeii ...

Researchers used AI tools to achieve the first complete viewings of closed scrolls burnt by the eruption that buried the ...

An 18th-century archaeological dig uncovered a library of intact but charred scrolls. Their contents have been unreadable ...

Roman history began in 753 B.C.E., when Romulus killed his twin brother and founded the city that would eventually rule the Mediterranean. That power would be built on slavery. No modern depiction of ...

AI helped researchers recover the complete text of a sealed Herculaneum scroll, marking a breakthrough in reading ancient ...