Hacker News with Generative AI: Digital Humanities

Title of work deciphered in sealed Herculaneum scroll via digital unwrapping (finebooksmagazine.com)
The Bodleian Libraries and the Vesuvius Challenge have announced that for the first time researchers have found the title and author inside of a sealed scroll from Herculaneum.
Ancient History, Archaeology, Technology, Digital Humanities
237 points by namanyayg 12 days ago | 118 comments
Vanishing Culture: Punch Card Knitting (archive.org)
The following guest post from digital humanities scholar Nichole Misako Nomura is part of our Vanishing Culture series, highlighting the power and importance of preservation in our digital age. Read more essays online or download the full report now.
Digital Humanities, Preservation, History, Culture
121 points by HieronymusBosch 100 days ago | 25 comments
“The Secret History of the Mongols”: A digital history approach (journalofdigitalhistory.org)
History, Digital Humanities, Mongolia
68 points by georgecmu 214 days ago | 16 comments
Vanishing Culture: Preserving Cookbooks (archive.org)
The following guest post from humanities scholar Katie Livingston is part of our Vanishing Culture series, highlighting the power and importance of preservation in our digital age.
Culture, Preservation, Digital Humanities, Cookbooks
161 points by TangerineDream 235 days ago | 124 comments