For the first time in 1,900 years, humans have been able to read ancient text dating from the height of the Roman Empire. The historic text was written on a scroll of papyrus – a material ...

In southeastern England, archaeologists unearthed an ancient ... lead scrolls. Experts are still working on opening them. The scrolls seem similar to the “curse tablets” found at other Roman ...

An ancient Roman scroll has been read for the first time since it was charred in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius two millennia ago, thanks to artificial intelligence and a high-powered X ...

While excavating a historic hospital in France, a team of archaeologists uncovered dozens of Roman-era graves, some with ancient ... rolled up lead plates — known as “curse tablets ...