Per leggere questo articolo occorrono 3 minuti Per la prima volta, un’intera parola e diverse lettere sono state decodificate da un rotolo semi carbonizzato di uno dei papiri di Ercolano sopravvissuto all’eruzione del Vesuvio nel 79 d.C. grazie a una nuova analisi operata dall’intelligenza artificiale (AI). La parola è  πορφύραc …

ŞANLIURFA PROVINCE, TURKEY—Live Science reports that a sculpture standing more than seven feet tall has been uncovered in southeastern Anatolia at the 11,000-year-old site of Karahan Tepe by researchers from the German Archaeological Institute. The statue depicts a man with pronounced ribs, spine, and shoulders clutching his penis. Some scholars …

NAPLES, ITALY—ArtNet News reports that a first-century A.D. political inscription has been uncovered in the Regio IX area of Pompeii. The Latin text, written on an inside wall of a shrine dedicated to the guardian spirits of the household, urges voters to elect Aulus Rustius Verus to office. “I beseech …

MANAUS, BRAZIL—According to an AFP report, extreme drought in parts of Brazil has once again exposed carvings of human forms on rock formations usually submerged by the Negro River. Discovered in 2012 during another drought, the site is known as Praia das Lajes. Archaeologist Jaime Oliveira of Brazil’s National Institute …

Per leggere questo articolo occorrono 3 minuti Nuove indagini scientifiche e di imaging sono state realizzate sulle sculture del Partenone da parte di un team coadiuvato dal King’s College di Londra e hanno identificato tracce delle policromie  originali utilizzata per decorare i pregiati marmi esposti al British Museum, rivelando che …

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO—According to a statement released by Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), conservators are working to preserve a monumental stone snake head discovered last year in the heart of Mexico City at the site of the Templo Mayor, the main temple in the Mexica city of …

OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND—Live Science reports that an experimental catapult intended to launch World War II bomber planes has been uncovered in southeastern England by researchers from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA). The structure, built between 1928 and 1940, was designed to get planes into the air with shorter runways and …

The Hyades star cluster, situated a mere 153 light-years away in the Taurus constellation, has presented astronomers with an enigmatic… The post Ultra-Massive White Dwarf Mysteriously Escapes from the Hyades Cluster appeared first on Curiosmos. Source: Curiosmos

Per leggere questo articolo occorrono 6 minuti Dall’inizio della produzione della documentazione storica, circa 4.500 anni fa, le narrazioni abbondano di violenza e, sebbene le prove osteologiche preistoriche siano scarse, restano diverse tracce, dall’omicidio di un uomo di Neanderthal da parte di un Homo sapiens individuato nella Shanidar Cave,  al …

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—Live Science reports that a new examination of the Parthenon Sculptures housed in the British Museum using luminescence imaging has revealed traces of ancient paint. Giovanni Verri of the Art Institute of Chicago and his colleagues mapped the elements on the carvings, and detected floral designs and smudged figures. …