Scientists are leveraging a combination of artificial intelligence and X-rays to begin unraveling the mystery of the charred ...

The “Vesuvius Challenge” competition, claiming reward as AI mixed with human expertise, led to the deciphering of age-old scrolls. The scrolls were carbonised by a volcanic eruption 2000 years ago.

Canada is among several countries with territorial claims to the Arctic, a region with shifting geopolitics due to climate change. Eric Sorensen explains why Steve Bannon, a former top adviser to U.S.

An method driven by artificial intelligence is making it possible to read texts scorched and left buried by the eruption of ...

Hundreds of papyrus scrolls were found in the 1750s in the remains of a lavish villa at the Roman town of Herculaneum.

The Dolní Věstonice Portrait Head features a woman’s face with carefully engraved details like her eyes, nose, mouth and ...

UK scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough in their efforts to decipher 2000-year-old papyrus scrolls that were ...

Experience the ancient city’s destruction and rebirth in this immersive exhibition at the National Museum of Australia.

Researchers used advanced technology to digitally "unroll" an ancient Greek text on carbonized papyrus, and now they're ...

Archaeologists discovered Bronze Age footprints near Pompeii, showing people and animals fleeing a Vesuvius eruption some 4,000 years ago.

There’s nothing like grabbing a morning espresso, then hopping on a train and setting off to an unknown destination. When I ...