Valentine’s Day dinner served inside ancient jail costs $215
If marriage is a prison, why not spend Valentine’s Day behind bars? The warden of an old British prison is offering upscale dining to adventurous couples behind closed doors for about $215. Jam Press report. From February 14th, England’s Oxford Gaol (which was a working tower in the time of William the Conqueror 1,000 years […]
Researchers use AI to decipher ancient Roman texts carbonized in deadly Mount Vesuvius eruption
A set of ancient texts destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD has been deciphered thanks to a team of researchers using AI. The nearly 2,000-year-old document was rendered illegible after it was charred in a villa in the Roman town of Herculaneum, near Pompeii. The document was discovered in an ancient […]
Smithsonian Links Ancient Roman Plagues to ‘Climate Change’
ROME — Long before the industrial revolution and fossil fuels, “climate change” was wreaking havoc on the health of ancient Romans. smithsonian museum the magazine claims. Citing research published in journals scientific progress, smithsonian museum underscore Correlation between cold, dry periods in ancient Rome and “catastrophic bouts of deadly disease” from 200 BC to 600 […]
Ancient ‘chewing gum’ sheds light on stone age teenagers’ diet | Archaeology
DNA from a type of “chewing gum” used by Swedish teenagers 10,000 years ago sheds new light on Stone Age diet and oral health, according to a study. The gum blobs are made from fragments of birch bark pitch, a tar-like black resin with clearly visible tooth impressions. They were discovered 30 years ago next […]
Ancient viruses trapped in Arctic ice could unleash deadly new pandemic: ‘tangible threat’
Thawing permafrost in the Arctic could release an ancient zombie virus, causing a devastating global health emergency, scientists say. “We now face a clear threat and we need to be prepared to deal with it. It's as simple as that,” says the geneticist and professor emeritus of medicine and genomics at the University of Aix-Marseille. […]
Ancient temple unearthed in Italy
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Jon Rahm’s LIV Golf team draws its name from Ancient Rome, Julius Caesar
Jon Rahm has given the LIV Golf Team a new name. As the 13th team within the Saudi support circuit, Rahms team is called By Legion XIII, or Legion 13 GC tea time Latest information on LIV golf. The name comes from Legio XIII Gemina, one of the most important units during Julius Caesar's civil […]
North Dakota coal miners unearth ancient mammoth fossil, including 7-foot-long tusk: ‘EXCITING FIND’
Earlier this year, a group of coal miners made a “huge” discovery while working in North Dakota. While working overnight at the Freedom Mine over Memorial Day weekend, miners discovered the remains of an ancient mammoth that went extinct in the area about 10,000 years ago. Recognizing the significance of the early morning discovery in […]