Scripts, Paintings & Inscriptions Archive

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – The study, developed at the Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, introduces a pioneering, non-invasive technique that analyses the microscopic “texture” of a painting by

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A remarkable discovery has been made in the art world: an exceptional and newly identified painting by Peter Paul Rubens, titled Bearded Old

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Google DeepMind has developed an artificial intelligence program called Aeneas that helps historians restore damaged Latin texts by analyzing thousands of Latin inscriptions.

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A medieval literary puzzle which has stumped scholars including M.R. James for 130 years has finally been solved. Cambridge scholars now believe the

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A significant discovery in the form of the complete text of the previously unknown "Hymn to Babylon," was made by Dr. Enrique Jiménez,

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A retired Classics professor from Texas has generously contributed a collection of papers to the University of Cincinnati. This donation includes valuable insights

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In the Middle Ages, alchemists, including the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, were known for their secrecy regarding their work. Brahe's alchemical laboratory was

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were two German scholars renowned for their contributions to folklore and linguistics. While they are best known

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com -  Most have heard of the great English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), but his sister Joan is much less known, but this

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A remarkable discovery was made using a metal detector during an archaeological expedition in Vilnius castle in Lithuania. The archaeologists unearthed a rectangular

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The creation of the decimal point was a game-changer. It paved the way for the decimal system, revolutionizing calculations across various fields. This

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A group of academic researchers from the University of Würzburg dedicated five years to examining "magical" texts from ancient Egypt. Their efforts have culminated

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A special find has been made in the Alkmaar Regional Archive: A number of 17th-century book bindings contained pieces of parchment from a

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A fiend, which has lurked unseen in a painting by Joshua Reynolds, has emerged following conservation work by the National Trust. The devil-like

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - After almost 2,000 years, the first full word from the Herculaneum scroll has been deciphered by a 21-year-old computer science student at the