Archaeologists discover unique mosaic patolli board at Guatemalan Maya city

In a study published in Latin American Antiquity, Dr. Julien Hiquet and Dr. Rémi Méreuze analyzed the remains of a unique ...
IEEE

Integrating Vision and Language Foundation Models for Enhanced Navigation and Decision-Making in Connected Autonomous Vehicles

Abstract: Traditional connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) face challenges in personalized navigation and human-like driving decision-making. In this paper, we propose a self-driving system based on ...
World of Antiquity on MSN

How the Romans brought water to Constantinople

Supplying water to a city as large as Constantinople was no small feat—especially in ancient times. In this ATG Highlights episode, we explore how Roman engineers designed and maintained a vast system ...

Who was Pliny the Younger? Why his account was the only to survive Pompeii

This Roman senator wrote some of the greatest letters in history. Here’s how Pliny the Younger’s words have kept ancient Rome ...

Rome to begin charging for access to Trevi Fountain

Starting in February 2026, the iconic Trevi Fountain in Rome will require a payment as the city works to control crowding. Here's how to obtain a ticket and how much it costs.

We discovered an ancient ‘party boat’ in the waters of Alexandria – here’s what might have happened on board

Much of our recent work has centred around Antirhodos Island, revealing a temple to the ancient Egyptian goddess Isis which ...
Opinion

Major signs of another coming Dark Age — collapsing the West could make history repeat

Western civilization arose in Greece in the 8th century BC, when some 1,500 city-states emerged from a murky, illiterate 400-year-old Dark Age.