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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