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In a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Wanyue Zhao and her colleagues used volatile organic ...

From the digitisation of palm-leaf manuscripts to real-time translation across India's extraordinary linguistic diversity, artificial intelligence is quietly reshaping how Indians encounter their own ...

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On a sun-bathed hill in southern Italy, where the Greek city of Petelia once stood, a chance discovery would illuminate one ...

Encephalitis lethargica is an illness that attacks the brain, leaving the victims like living statues—speechless and motionless. This disease turned into a full-blown epidemic around the world in the ...

Expedition 33 collector’s edition has reportedly been seized by Iraqi customs after officials suspected the artbook could be a historical artifact.

Archaeologists decode ancient Mesopotamian tablets, revealing eerie omens that predict the fall of empires and the death of kings.

Scholars deciphered inscriptions on 4,000-year-old tablets more than 100 years after they were originally discovered. Omens ...

A Roman stone board game has been unplayable since its discovery more than a century ago, but AI might have just worked out ...

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With the intention of preserving Byzantine spiritual wisdom, Greek monk Nicodemus devoted his life to writing the massive ...