History and archaeology
3 articles on Your Daily Science
AI in Archaeology: Real Discoveries or Hype?
What AI has actually found in archaeology, from carbonised Herculaneum scrolls to Nazca lines and Maya lidar, and where the claims still need checking.
The Antikythera Mechanism: The Ancient Greek Astronomical Computer
A corroded lump pulled from a shipwreck turned out to be a gear-driven calculator of the sky, and it needs no aliens to explain it.
Who Actually Built the Pyramids
The evidence for organised labour, and why the ancient aliens theory fails.