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AI, a party in Nebraska and $1 million: How a UK professor helped decode ancient scrolls
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 7 months agoFor the first time in 2,000 years, a portion of scrolls destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius...
AI helps decode scrolls destroyed during the Vesuvius eruption
Euronews via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA supergroup of techno-archaeologists have been the first to decode text from a set of scrolls found...
Oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible up for auction
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe oldest known Bible is going up for auction at Sotheby's this year and the auction house expect it will go for $30 million to $50 million. The Codex...
World’s oldest Hebrew Bible up for auction on Tuesday, could fetch $50 million
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis manuscript is expected to be sold for the highest amount of money that any document has ever...
Plato's Burial Place and Details of His Last Night Revealed in Carbonized Scroll From Herculaneum
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe Greek philosopher Plato—Socrates’ student and Aristotle’s teacher—died nearly 2,400 years ago,...
Four Roman Swords Found Hidden in Judean Desert Cave
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe Israel Antiquities Authority announced this week the discovery of four 1,900-year-old Roman swords and a pilum stowed in a cave in Ein Gedi Nature...
Roman swords discovered in Dead Sea cave 1,900 years after Jewish rebellion
NBC News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIsraeli archaeologists announced Wednesday the discovery of four extremely rare and well-preserved...
Kentucky higher ed news: WKU could offer new degrees, more words revealed in ancient scrolls
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 3 months agoHouse Bill 630 would give WKU the ability to add five new doctorate-level programs, the grand prize...
Did you know? Here are 5 inventions from the University of Kentucky that changed the world
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFrom a nasal spray device that can administer an overdose-reversing drug, to cutting-edge artificial...
US tourist smashes ancient Roman statues in Jerusalem museum, cops say. He’s arrested
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAn American tourist toppled several statues inside a museum in Jerusalem, damaging the ancient works...