AI helps decode new secrets from scrolls burned by Mount Vesuvius

An 18th-century archaeological dig uncovered a library of intact but charred scrolls. Their contents have been unreadable ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Brief History of the Erie Canal

A boat makes a morning trip through the Erie Canal in Rochester, New York, October 2021. Johnny Milano Former President Thomas Jefferson considered the proposal “little short of madness.” The project ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Have Deciphered the Surviving Fragments of a 2,000-Year-Old Philosophical Treatise Frozen in Time by Mount Vesuvius’ Eruption

The papyrus manuscript was part of a vast library preserved by volcanic ash. Now, the remaining passages—which examine ethics ...
Forbes

Convert Japanese Yen To United States Dollar

Use our currency converter to find the live exchange rate between JPY and USD. Convert Japanese Yen to United States Dollar ...