Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In a historic breakthrough that fundamentally rewrites the history of English literature, computational researchers have confirmed “beyond any reasonable doubt” that William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe co-authored the 1596 history play Edward III. Left: Portrait of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – While working with old manuscripts in Utrecht University’s Special Collections, Dr Mark de Kreij, an assistant professor of Ancient Greek and Papyrology at the University, made a remarkable find. The scientist teaches Greek language and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers recreated a damaged ancient scroll to test a new method for examining historical texts. A model carbonized papyrus scroll opens a novel path to identifying readable scrolls of the Herculaneum Library. a) One of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – With support from Kent manuscript expert Dr David Rundle, seventeen medieval manuscript fragments have been identified in Guernsey. These discoveries provide rare insight into the island’s literary and intellectual life during a period with little
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A Roman law expert from the University of Cincinnati has edited and translated a Latin legal text that was pieced together from fragments buried in the Egyptian sands for more than 1,600 years. The text deals
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – If you have a cat and enjoy reading, you may have noticed that cats often sit on books. This behavior appears to date back to the earliest days of books. Cats frequently keep us company while
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Recent research challenges the long-held belief that Homer’s Ithaca was an island. In their paper, “Was Homer’s Ithaca an Island?”, Professor James Diggle CBE of Cambridge University and Professor John Underhill of the University of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Today, people use about 7,500 languages to communicate. However, this number only captures a moment in a long and changing history. How many languages were spoken before people started keeping written records? Did the rise
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Experts have uncovered information concealed for two centuries in a navigational chart created for 18th-century seafarers navigating the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The beautiful paper scroll demonstrates that seafaring communities in the region
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Researchers have examined a large collection of Illuminati Order documents, uncovering information that challenges the established history of the society. While many documents remain unreviewed, those analyzed so far reveal a compelling new chapter in
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – An ancient scroll that survived the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD has finally given up its secrets. The scroll was found in the 1750s, but it was too delicate to open. Thanks to
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – He had no idea, as he walked through the monastery gates, that he was about to find one of the oldest and most forbidden books ever written. Over the centuries, many powerful people tried to
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Records show that several large sunspots and red aurorae appeared in Northeast Asia, in areas with low geomagnetic latitude, between 1200 and 1205 CE. This period is considered one of the highest periods of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A recent discovery at Heidelberg University Library has brought renewed attention to a medieval manuscript. The fifteenth-century codex, purchased from an antiquarian bookseller in 1937, has now been identified as part of the Bibliotheca Palatina,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The findings are initially surprising. Regions with greater genetic diversity, shaped by migration and population mixing, might be expected to display more linguistic diversity. However, a new study shows the opposite: globally, more isolated groups
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – An international team of scholars, led by Professor Garrick Allen at the University of Glasgow, has recovered 42 previously lost pages from Codex H, one of the world’s most important early New Testament manuscripts. Using advanced
