Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest and most powerful atom smasher, has entered a four-year planned shutdown that will upgrade it to its most capable form ever. The particle accelerator was shut down on Monday (June 29) and is scheduled to come back online in 2030 as the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HiLumi LHC), …
DURHAM, England — Researchers led by Marta Diaz-Guardamino of Durham University created 3D models of rock art depicting boats found at 12 sites in northwestern Spain and Portugal, according to a statement. Durham University. The team then compared them with similar carvings found in Scandinavia. The researchers noted that all the Iberian images were carved …
Two pieces of potatoes discovered in a nearly 500-year-old Inca storage chamber in Peru are a rare find: freeze-dried potatoes from before the Spanish invasion, a new study suggests. These freeze-dried potatoes, known as chunos, were once the backbone of inca empireFood supplies and products are so fragile that they almost never turn up at …
Assyrian stele at Situ, Nineveh, Iraq Mosul, Iraq-National An Assyrian stele measuring more than six feet tall has been discovered near the Sun Gate in the eastern wall of the ancient city of Nineveh by a team of archaeologists from Iraq and the University of Chicago. Ali Obaid Shalgham of Iraq’s State Board of Antiquities …
A long-running debate about a mysterious crater hidden beneath the North Sea has finally been resolved. Researchers have confirmed that Silverpit Crater was formed when an asteroid or comet struck the area about 43 to 46 million years ago. The discovery resolves a scientific argument that has dragged on for more than two decades and …
About 2,000 years ago, Mount Vesuvius buried a vast collection of scrolls in ash and burned them into solid black lumps. Now, without exposing them, researchers have virtually read two of them – and uncovered work by a famous Stoic philosopher. success comes from here vesuvius challengeAn international research effort to digitally read the scrolls …
Guerrero, Spain—According to an article in Greek reporterWheels and parts of a 2,500-year-old miniature bronze chariot have been discovered in a monumental building at the Tartessian site known as Casas del Turunuelo in southwestern Spain. In the area where the chariot parts were found, archaeologists had previously unearthed an altar shaped like a bull hide. …
Herculaneum Papyrus Scroll in the process of being scanned NAPLES, Italy—Scientists have completely “unwrapped” an entire carbonized papyrus scroll preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Advertisement 79, cnn Report. Known as PHERC. 1667, this scroll is one of a library of texts found in a villa in the ancient city of Herculaneum in the …
A Chinese system has become the world’s most powerful supercomputer, overtaking American machines for the first time since 2021. Lineshine, installed on ChinaNational Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen tops 67th top500 ranking One of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. The new system is already used in many fields, giving developers another route to obtaining …
quick Facts Name: sleep and death sista handle What is this: Bronze decoration on lid box Where is it from: Italy When was it created: 400 to 375 BC Homer’s “Iliad” and “Odyssey” have inspired countless books, films and works of art in the nearly three millennia since the epic tales were first written. This …