The lost works of an ancient Greek mathematician, Apollonius, have been discovered by scientists. Apollonius of Perga was known as "The Great Geometer," according to a Liberty University publication. ...

Historians are occasionally forced to revise their preconceived notions after discovering something hidden in the shadows and dust. Ancient manuscripts are more than just remnants of antiquated ink on ...

From his roof, Sidi Mohamed Lemine Sidiya scans the medieval town of Oualata, a treasure that is disappearing under the sands of the Mauritanian desert. "It's a magnificent, extraordinary town," said ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A scholar from the Netherlands used AI to determine that the Dead Sea Scrolls may be older than previously believed. The new AI model pairs ...

Nalanda Literature Festival at Rajgir Convention Centre revives ancient intellectual traditions with panels, performances and ...

An important piece of early Christian history, the Crosby-Schøyen Codex, is up for auction at Christie’s in London. This codex is a mid-fourth century book from Egypt containing a combination of ...

Historical documents considered lost to the ravages of time—like crumbling parchment thousands of years old or medieval manuscripts whose ink long ago faded away—are being given a new life thanks to a ...

GERMANY (WKRC) - Scientists have discovered the oldest surviving copy of a written account of the childhood of Jesus in a forgotten and decaying manuscript. Papyrologists, scientists who study ...

The history of a great crossroads for ideas and industry is recorded in the ancient manuscripts of Mali, says Christopher Reardon, a freelance writer. As many as a million of the manuscripts survive, ...

One week after Islamic militants fled Timbuktu under French bombing strikes, preservationists are deeply uncertain about how to continue protecting the city’s priceless ancient documents — a conundrum ...

The preservationists of Timbuktu’s centuries-old artifacts have been holding their breath for weeks, waiting for the moment when the French military would seize back Mali’s ancient northern capital ...

PRINCETON, N.J. – In a story Dec. 19 about a lawsuit against Princeton University seeking the return of historic manuscripts, The Associated Press erroneously reported when the lawsuit claims soldiers ...