The stylized engravings on stones made by the Iron Age Picts in Scotland were analyzed with a mathematical process, and have been shown to be part of a written language. “It is more than plausible that the Pictish symbols are examples of a script, in the sense that they encoded some information, which also had […]

Part of the ceiling of the Domus Aurea collapsed in Rome today. That particular area had not been open to the public. An unusual lead sarcophagus discovered at the ancient site of Gabii last year will be moved to the American Academy in Rome for further study. The coffin dates to the fourth or fifth […]