Popular myths about Amazons, hieroglyphs, and ancient statues often distort the past. This breakdown looks at what ancient writing, warrior women, and sculpture really tell us.

A new analysis of Dead Sea Scrolls that paired radiocarbon dating with AI has determined many of the biblical manuscripts are older than once thought.

AI analysis of Dead Sea Scroll fragments suggests some of the ancient manuscripts are up to 100 years older than once thought. Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory ...

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An AI program trained to study the handwriting styles of centuries-old manuscripts from the Middle East suggests that many of the Dead Sea Scrolls might be older than previously thought, according ...

A wooden hunter’s toolbox inscribed with an ancient writing system from Zambia has been making waves on social media. "We've grown up being told that Africans didn't know how to read and write ...

Based primarily on paleography, the study and deciphering of ancient writing and manuscripts, scholars have believed the manuscripts range from the third century BC to the second century AD.

AI-analyzed handwriting data and radiocarbon dating have pointed towards the ancient texts being even more ancient than we thought.

E VER SINCE the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by Bedouin shepherds in the 1940s, debate has raged over their exact age.

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN Many of the Dead Sea Scrolls, some of the most widely known archaeological finds of all time, may be older than once thought, according to a new study. The fresh analysis ...