The Bhagavad Gita and Bharat Muni’s Natyashastra have been added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register, PM Modi hails the ...

The holy book of ancient Persia’s quasi-monotheistic creed survives as a sprawling collection of fragments—an estimated one-quarter of the original text. The last complete manuscripts may have ...

What looks like a log of charcoal is priceless ancient text that's now decipherable thanks to open-source AI. Credit: Vesuvius Challenge The Herculaneum Papyri, an ancient scroll fossilized by the ...

In 2023, archaeologists unearthed a Hittite royal seal emblazoned with the haunting message "whoever breaks this will die" in the ancient city of Büklükale in Türkiye's Kırıkkale Province.

Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools ... contains a near-complete version of this prophetic text. Most, however, are much smaller—inscribed with a few lines, a few words, a few letters.

In medieval novels, Merlin the Magician was far stranger than he appears in modern pop culture. Archivists have discovered new stories about him.