Planning a night on the couch? Here are today’s top TV and streaming picks: Pick of the day Live Six Nations Virgin Media One, 1.30pm & 3.50pm Ireland’s second game sees them face Italy at the Aviva.

The Putnam County Public Library District will hold a free screening of the documentary “The Herculaneum Scrolls” at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at the library’s Condit branch, 105 N. Center St. The ...

For nearly two millennia, a set of ancient scrolls has remained sealed, last seen when the Roman Empire held dominion over Europe. Now, thanks to a special program using artificial intelligence, ...

IF YOU WANTED to read an ancient Roman scroll, you might reach for a dictionary, and perhaps a magnifying glass. You would probably not think of using a particle accelerator. But that is what is ...

Researchers have virtually unfurled a Herculaneum scroll which was rescued from Pompeii after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The Herculaneum scrolls, first discovered within Pompeii’s ruins ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Jenny Wiley was a frontier woman who survived captivity and became a legend of Kentucky... Jenny Wiley was a frontier woman who became a legend of Kentucky history, and her legacy lives on at Jenny ...

Photos of the papyrus fragments. Credit: Sara Stabile / CC BY 4.0 A rare set of 18 ancient scrolls from the ruins of Herculaneum, preserved for nearly two thousand years by volcanic ash, has arrived ...

The interior of a Herculaneum scroll, unseen for nearly 2,000 years, has been imaged for the first time with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), with expectations it will reveal brand new ...

A fragment of the organic glass found inside the skull of a Mt. Vesuvius victim. Almost 1,950 years after Mount Vesuvius erupted — leaving a trail of death and destruction that’s enthralled scientists ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius around 2000 years ago caused one man’s brain to explode and turned the fragments to glass. The discovery is the only known instance of soft tissue turning to glass and ...