Archaeologists use artificial intelligence (AI) to translate 5,000-year-old cuneiform tablets
A team of archaeologists and computer scientists have created an AI program that can translate ancient cuneiform tablets instantly using neural machine learning translations.
The British Citizen Award Releases June 2023 People’s Honours List
On Thursday 29th June at the Palace of Westminster, 26 individuals from around the UK will be awarded the prestigious British Citizen Award for their exceptional endeavours which have positively impacted communities up and down the country.
SASA: combatting the decline in ancient studies
Over the past several years there has been a decline in ancient studies for which this downward trend may be due to a lack of interest or a focus on STEM and technical courses with careerist attitudes designed solely to get jobs. This is despite liberal arts and social sciences being the foundations of modern democracy and society.
The “Great Tower of London” – London’s failed Eiffel Tower
In 1891, construction began on the "Great Tower of London", also known as Watkin’s Tower, at the site of present-day Wembley Stadium in what was the rural Middlesex hamlet called Wembley.
The search for the lost city of Zerzura
Nothing stirs the imagination more than legends of a lost city shrouded in mystery. One such legend is Zerzura, a mythical city or oasis in the Sahara Desert, supposedly in Egypt or Libya.
The fall of the Praetorian Guard
The Praetorian Guard were an elite unit within the Imperial army, serving primarily as personal protectors and intelligence operatives for the Roman emperors.
The Caste War of Yucatán
The Caste War of Yucatán was a conflict that took place in the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico during the second half of the 19th century.
Dunmore Cave – A Viking Massacre
Dunmore Cave is a cave system in County Kilkenny, Ireland, formed over millions of years by glacial meltwater chemically dissolving the permeable lower carboniferous limestone.
Evidence of Indo-Roman relations
The Roman Empire stretched from its territorial holdings across the Mediterranean Sea, Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia, but the Empire had trading links that connected far beyond the empire’s borders.
The Aztec flower wars
The flower wars were semi-ritual battles fought between members of the Aztec Triple Alliance and surrounding city-states, in which participants followed a strict set of conventions at sacred sites known as cuauhtlalli or yaotlalli.
The Frumentarii – Rome’s army of spies
The Frumentarii were a branch attached to the Roman military, whose purpose has been the subject of much speculation.
Roman Londinium – AD 47
In AD 43, the Roman emperor Claudius, launched an invasion of Britain, and over the next 45 years, the Roman army gradually extended its control over much of present-day England and Wales, and ventured into parts of Scotland.
Book of Revelation has terminology similar to ancient curse tablets
Researchers from the Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (JGU), have found that the Book of Revelation has some descriptions and phrases similar to ancient curse tablets.
York – A true American hero of the Lewis and Clark expedition
Following the Louisiana Purchase by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned an expedition westward to the Pacific Ocean to map the new territory.
The food of the Vikings
The Vikings, or Norsemen were a seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the 11th century AD, raided, traded and settled throughout parts of Europe, in a period that became known as the Viking Age.
