Tag: Rome

Ancient Roman strategy game figured out with AI

Two thousand years ago, someone scratched a web of lines into stone in a Roman settlement on the empire’s northern edge. Soldiers, traders, or locals passing time in Coriovallum—now Heerlen in the Netherlands, moved small counters across those lines in a tactical duel of blockade and entrapment.

Take me home, Roman roads

Two thousand years ago, all roads led to Rome. Now, thanks to modern data science, they finally do again...

Essay on pleasure revealed in ancient scroll

AI deciphers the text of 2,000-year-old charred papyrus scripts, unveiling musings on music and capers.

If you think the Middle East is dramatic now, 2000 years ago it was a telenovela

The relations between the Herodian Kingdom and the Nabatean Kingdom were very complex and involved political, economic and marriage...

Ancient Paw Print Found Near Roman Bath in Jerusalem

Dating back to the second century CE, archeologists uncover Roman-era paw print this week. It's not just ancient Roman baths...