Thanks to AI and modern carbon dating techniques, we have a new understanding of when the Dead Sea Scrolls were written – ...

The winning submission shows ancient Greek letters on a large patch of scroll, and the author seems to be discussing the question: are things that are scarce more pleasurable as a result?

The scrolls in question, stored in a library in a Roman villa that is thought to have belonged to the father-in-law of Julius ...

Seales’ team had already pioneered a way to “virtually unwrap” an ancient scroll from Israel using X-ray tomography and computer vision. But even that was not enough to read the barely ...

In the previous few months, Luke Farritor had joined a worldwide competition to translate ancient Roman scrolls that were damaged by a volcanic eruption in A.D. 79. The 21-year-old computer ...

You've probably heard of the Dead Sea Scrolls and seen King Tut's mask ... Over the ages, modern and ancient looters emptied most Egyptian royal tombs, so Tut’s burial chamber was the first to reveal ...

The 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius, a volcano located near Naples, Italy, covered the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic mud. Herculaneum and the scrolls remained buried ...

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 ...

The Dead Sea Scrolls are more than just ancient manuscripts discovered in the Qumran Caves; they represent a unique narrative that extends beyond their discovery in the mid-20th century. Their journey ...

In the 18th century, an ancient library of Greek scrolls were discovered in Italy that were destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD. Now, nearly 300 years later, a team of ...

By Nicholas Wade From deep within a papyrus scroll that has not been read in ... “porphyras,” ancient Greek for “purple.” Experts who announced the findings on Thursday hope that the ...