The Oxford Student21h
Magna Carta’s 800th anniversary celebrated in Weston Library exhibition
The Weston Library is celebrating the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta of 1225 in an exhibit titled ‘Magna Carta 1215 ...
The Daily Telegraph29d
David Vaisey, head librarian who steered the cash-strapped Bodleian into the digital age
When Vaisey took the Bodleian’s top job in 1986, having risen through the ranks from lowly postgraduate archivist to Keeper of Western Manuscripts, the library was facing what seemed the ...
AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano
Hundreds of papyrus scrolls were found in the 1750s in the remains of a lavish villa at the Roman town of Herculaneum, which ...
Greek Reporter13d
New Herculaneum Scroll Unwrapped, Revealing Ancient Greek Philosophy
A 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll has been digitally unwrapped for the first time, revealing an ancient Greek Epicurean ...
CNN on MSN13d
‘Disgust’ among first words decoded in 2,000-year-old charred scroll
Scholars are studying an ancient scroll that has been virtually unrolled 2,000 years after it was burned to a crisp during ...
The Baltimore Sun13d
AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano
The library of what’s called the Villa of the ... the inside of one of the three scrolls held at Oxford University’s Bodleian Library. University of Kentucky computer scientist Brent Seales ...
Oxford Mail on MSN1d
Book to celebrate pioneering female anthropologists
Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...