By creating a setting that feels like a plausible but reconstructed past, the building presents what critics have described as a “conceptual archaeology.” ...

Long ago, when Romans wanted to build a new temple, they would head to the nearby quarries of Tivoli, chisel out blocks of porous ...

A piece of etched rock discovered at the site of an ancient Roman settlement in the Netherlands is now thought to be an ancient game board. Researchers used AI to simulate gameplay and test whether ...

This week’s selection is the Ancient Roman Game by Reddit contributor melig1991. Researchers used 3D printed tooling to create dissolving microneedles that deliver drugs through the cheek. Once again ...

Highly Detailed Models of Historic Sites and Scientific Data Scales from Classroom to Virtual Labs to Fully Immersive ...

The Israel Museum opens its new winter fare with ancient charts, abstract paintings, compelling graphics, and alfresco beauty. There’s ne’er a dull moment at the Israel Museum.

The researchers named it Ludus Coriovalli, or the “Coriovallum Game,” and it can now be played online against a computer. An AI helped decode the game’s rules, and now a different AI opponent lets ...

A new study of early Neolithic bows in Mediterranean finds diverse wood use, highlighting how hunting remained important alongside farming.

Advanced imaging technology has revealed 79 new pieces of graffiti on a wall in the city's theater district. Until now, these inscriptions had been too faint for the human eye to see ...

A mysterious ancient Roman object found in what is now the southern tip of the Netherlands has long been thought to be some sort of board game. With the help of artificial-intelligence simulations, ...

Chemical records preserved in Pompeii’s public baths show how polluted well water shaped Roman bathing before aqueducts arrived.