If episodes of the Simpsons survive for hundreds of years, those viewers in the distant future unfamiliar with the show’s early 21st-century references would miss most of the humor, says Neil Coffee, ...

Throughout our journey to the present, many pieces of the past have been lost to time. Even with advanced technology, deciphering ancient texts and inscriptions has often been deemed impossible.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has brought ancient languages to life, such as Ancient Greek and Old English, by demonstrating ...

Classics is the study of ancient Greek and Roman civilization, which laid the foundation of the western tradition in literature, philosophy, history, art, science and mathematics. Classics is thus not ...

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is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Machine learning techniques are providing new tools that could help archaeologists understand the past — ...

Experts hope that the techniques used to retrieve hidden text on delicate papyrus could lead to the recovery of lost classic works. By Nicholas Wade From deep within a papyrus scroll that has not been ...

Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...

A mosaic outside a home in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii reading: "Beware of the dog" - Copyright AFP Jim WATSON A mosaic outside a home in the ancient Roman city ...

How was the great English playwright William Shakespeare influenced by ancient Greece, and how did he come to know about its ...

Instead of transitioning between Latin and English, spoken Latin keeps the cognition all in one language. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via Getty Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art under ...