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2,000-Year-old Scroll Burnt in Pompeii Decoded and Read for First Time by Three Genius Students
In October, GNN reported on the first winner of the Vesuvius Challenge, which sought to inspire young people to use AI technology to decode...
Alongside What Appears to Be Pizza, Recent Pompeii Excavations Reveal Yet More Hidden Treasures
The discoveries yielded at a new excavation site at the Roman city of Pompeii have everyone talking—about the undeniably familiar shape in a beautifully...
Astonishingly Wealthy Pompeii Home of Two Men Freed from Slavery Reopens to Public
After years of complex restoration work, the villa of two of Pompeii's richest citizens has been reopened.
Buried by Vesuvius in 79 CE, the House...
Researchers Found Ancient Village Remarkably-Preserved by Vesuvius Eruption, 2,000 Years Before Pompeii
2,000 years before Pompeii, an Early Bronze Age village was almost perfectly preserved— then hidden for centuries—after Mount Vesuvius erupted one autumn day.
Uncovered during...
Piece of Ancient Graffiti Reveals New Clues About the Day Pompeii Was Destroyed
Pompeii has captured the world's attention for years, and few sites have revealed more about the life and luxuries of the Roman Empire than...
Robotic Dog Designed in Boston Patrols the Ruins of Pompeii to Help Preserve Relics
The archeological site of Pompeii is employing a pair of robots to help monitor the state of preservation of ancient structures, and to gather...
A Sorceress’ Toolkit Has Been Discovered in the Ashes of Pompeii
Out of the ashes of Pompeii, archaeologists recently pulled up a time capsule, though only the bronze hinges remained of what is being described...
Following Earthquake Damage, Famous Pompeii Museum Finally Reopens After 40 Years
The museum of Pompeii, called the Antiquarium—home to artifacts from the most famous casualty of a volcanic eruption in history—is now open again to...
Thousands Volunteer to Help Jane Austen Museum Solve Mystery of ‘Spidery’ Script in Brother’s Biography
An interesting event happened in the domain of classic English literature recently when a 78-page memoir of Jane Austen's brother came into the hands...
Archaeologists May Have Found the Villa Where the Roman Emperor Augustus Died
Excavations of a Roman villa dating to the start of the Imperial era show it may belong to the greatest of all the Roman...
Wasabi Can Be Used as Ecofriendly Preservation Tool for the Ancient Knowledge Contained on Papyrus
Papyrus was the premier writing material of the ancients, and an international team of researchers has discovered that wasabi, the spicy green goop you...
Ancient Library Scrolls Thought Ruined By Vesuvius Eruption Now Readable By AI
With the help of AI, a word written on a papyrus scroll 2,000 years ago and destroyed in a library in Pompeii has been...
Fossil Preserves Dinosaur Being Attacked and Eaten by Mammal as Mudslide Entombs them Both
An extraordinary fossil of a dinosaur being attacked and eaten by a mammal has been unearthed by paleontologists.
It features the entangled skeletons of a...
Teen Girl’s Secret Message Left in a Wall 48 Years Ago is Found: ‘I was Absolutely Shocked!’
A 150-year-old house was being restored in a small town outside of Peoria when a construction worker found a message left in a bottle...
Rome Finally Opens to Public the Spot Where Julius Caesar Met His End at Senators’ Hands
It's one of the most infamous crime scenes in history. Now, "Beware the Ides of March," "Why this is force!" "Et tu, Brutae?" and...
These ‘Invisible’ Solar Panels Appear Just Like Historic Italian Terracotta Roofs and Can Help Green Historic Buildings
In the historic Italian city of Vicenza, Veneto, a typically-Italian family business of artisans is handmaking not-so-typical solar panels.
Designed to be indistinguishable by the...
2,000-Year-Old Roman Road Uncovered in British Field is Like No Other–And of ‘Global Importance’
Workmen have uncovered a suspected Roman road in a field dating back 2,000 years that could be the only one of its kind in...
Iraqi Drought Reveals Stunning 3,400-Year-Old City Covered By Tigris River
German and Kurdish archaeologists have uncovered an ancient metropolis of the Mittani Empire once submerged below the Tigris River. The settlement was revealed when...
$35 Thrift Store Purchase Turns Out to be Priceless 2000-Year-old Roman Bust
A chipped marble statue bought for $35 from a thrift store has turned out to be a priceless 2,000 year-old Roman bust.
When Austin, Texas-based...
MIT’s New Paper Thin Speakers Can Cover Any Surface to Turn Your Room Into a Concert Hall
MIT engineers have developed a paper-thin loudspeaker that can turn any surface into an active audio source.
This thin-film loudspeaker produces sound with minimal distortion...