These ancient texts were once unreadable. Now technology is decoding them Burned, baked, or broken, many historic documents were once thought lost to time, but AI and imaging innovations are ...

Over 100 years ago, a 10th-century copy of ancient writings by the famed Greek mathematician Archimedes was discovered in an Istanbul convent. But the handwritten copy had been scraped from the ...

Researchers at the Zayed National Museum (ZNM) in Abu Dhabi have uncovered hidden text beneath intricate gold leaf patterns on a page of the Blue Quran. This ninth-century manuscript is famed for ...

Researchers have managed to decode an ancient script that scholars have been unable to understand for decades. In a study published in the journal Transactions of the Philological Society, a team ...

More than 200 years ago, scholars glued the remains of an ancient papyrus scroll onto cardboard to preserve it. But the scroll, a history of Plato's Academy, also had writing on the back. Now ...

In a groundbreaking exploration, a 5kg robot has ventured into the unexplored depths of the Great Pyramid of Giza, shedding light on mysteries that have remained hidden for 4,500 years. This ...

Recent discoveries within the Great Pyramid of Giza have reignited theories about its mysterious tunnels and their potential connections to cosmic phenomena. Using advanced technology like muon ...

Hidden details have been discovered in ancient Egyptian paintings using portable chemical imaging technology, researchers said in a new study published in the open journal PLOS One.