An 18th-century archaeological dig uncovered a library of intact but charred scrolls. Their contents have been unreadable ...

How We Decoded The Hieroglyphs Of Ancient Egypt' In this clip from the History Hit documentary 'The Story of Egyptology', Dr Chris Naunton explores how 18th century scholars worked frantically to ...

A 2,000-year-old papyrus scroll carbonized by Mount Vesuvius' eruption has been virtually unrolled and partially decoded ...

Around 1,500 Latin inscriptions are discovered every year, offering an invaluable view into the daily life of ancient Romans—and posing a daunting challenge for the historians tasked with interpreting ...

(CNN) — Scholars are decoding an ancient scroll that was one of hundreds charred to a crisp during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. The artifact, which is kept at the University of Oxford’s ...

For years, thousands of clay tablets sat in museum drawers and digital archives with parts of their stories missing. Some ...