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Semaforscience52 days ago
Resin analysis of incense in Pompeii links Roman city to African trade
Researchers identified resin from African rainforests in incense burners excavated from a Pompeii household shrine. The findings indicate trade connections between the Roman city and sub-Saharan Africa via the Red Sea as early as the first century BC.
winnipegfreepress.comscience77 days ago
Archaeologists Use AI to Reconstruct Face of Pompeii Victim from AD 79 Eruption
Archaeologists at Pompeii employed artificial intelligence for the first time to digitally recreate the face of a man killed in the AD 79 Mount Vesuvius eruption. The reconstruction, based on skeletal data from excavations near the Porta Stabia necropolis, depicts an older man wh…
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New York Postworld77 days agoUpdated
Pompeii Archaeologists Use AI to Reconstruct Face of AD 79 Vesuvius Eruption Victim
Archaeologists at the Pompeii Archaeological Park released an AI-generated digital portrait of a man who died during the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The reconstruction, based on skeletal remains found outside the city's walls, depicts the victim shielding his head with a te…
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