Jo Marchant
Freelance Science Journalist at Freelance
Science journalist and New York Times bestselling author of Cure, Decoding the Heavens and The Human Cosmos
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6 days ago |
internazionale.it | Jo Marchant
Il 27 marzo un jet privato è atterrato all’aeroporto londinese di Luton con un carico insolito e delicato: 18 testi antichi della Biblioteca nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III di Napoli. I papiri erano diretti al Diamond light source, un acceleratore di particelle vicino a Oxford, dove un gruppo di ricercatori ha usato i raggi x per svelarne il contenuto.
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1 week ago |
nature.com | Jo Marchant
Two researchers in the field of machine learning have won US$60,000 for being the first to reveal the title and author of a sealed papyrus scroll carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy in AD 79. The crucial lines identify the work as part of On Vices by the Greek philosopher Philodemus.
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3 weeks ago |
nature.com | Jo Marchant
On 27 March, a private jet arrived at London Luton Airport with some unusual, delicate cargo. Rather than designer luggage, the plane carried 18 ancient scrolls from the Vittorio Emanuele III National Library in Naples, Italy. The tightly rolled papyri were being transported to the Diamond Light Source particle accelerator near Oxford, where researchers used the synchrotron’s powerful X-rays to reveal the scrolls’ contents.
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Jan 3, 2025 |
nature.com | Jo Marchant
From deciphering burnt Roman scrolls to reading crumbling cuneiform tablets, neural networks could give researchers more data than they’ve had in centuries.
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Jun 25, 2024 |
smithsonianmag.com | Jo Marchant |Roger Anis
On a sunny morning this past January, Ingo Strauch, an expert in ancient Indian history, crouches in the courtyard of what was once an Egyptian temple. The floor is littered with fallen stones and columns. Nearby, carved hieroglyphs are visible on the salt-corroded walls, which in some places still stand nearly eight feet high.
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Thank you, @JoMarchant, for featuring our work in such a great article! Also, a big thank you to @HaneulYoo13, @aliceoh, and @kchonyc for the wonderful collaboration. https://t.co/4CaNSg8Jxj
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A place of war elephants and pet monkeys, emperors and sailors, camel caravans and tax collectors, of houses built from ships and coral, and unimaginable fortunes to be made… My @smithsonianmag article on the ancient desert port of Berenike is out today https://t.co/v9Eb1583g4
