Despite numerous humans ending up on its shores, St. Matthew Island remains uninhabited to this day due to its location. It’s over 300 kilometres away from civilization, and it takes a full day to get there by ship from the nearest human settlement. In addition to this, its location, far up in the Northern Hemisphere, brings ice and freezing temperatures for most of the year, making it too cold to be habitable, even for the Indigenous peoples of Alaska. Read full article here
Research
Researcher uses AI to make texts that are thousands of years old readable
The Gilgamesh Epic, the oldest work of world literature, has been brought back to life by LMU researchers in the Electronic Babylonian Literature project. Using their new Fragmentarium tool, they have discovered hundreds of manuscripts, including the most recent tablet of the Gilgamesh Epic which dates from 130 BC – thousands of years after the earliest known version. This shows how highly valued the Epic was, even at a late period. With the public release of the Fragmentarium, anyone can now explore the thousands of cuneiform fragments and explore the ancient Babylonian literature. Read full article here
Merv
March 12, 2023
