An audacious plan to map the ancient world

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View in browser  |  Your newsletter preferences  10.01.23 Scientists Have an Audacious Plan to Map the Ancient World Before It Disappears If I asked you to imagine a team of archaeologists, what's the first picture that would pop into your head? Probably a bunch of sweaty people sitting in a trench in rumpled sun hats and dusty boots, brows creased with concentration as they brush dirt off ancient bones and broken pottery. (It's a cool job!) But as Geoff Manaugh makes clear in his most recent feature for WIRED, that mental image may need updating. When you imagine archaeologists in the 21st century, they shouldn't just be digging. They should be zooming around Italian piazzas in little four-wheelers, using the latest radar technology to "produce an accurate snapshot of what's beneath centuries of cobblestone and brick, chewing gum and litter." They should be scanning entire Swedish islands in enough detail to make out the silhouette of a single Viking coffin (and maybe, one day, the horns on the occupant's helmet). They should be on their computers looking at Indigenous settlements that have long since dissolved into the soil, invisible to the human eye, undiggable by any trowel. In a story that ventures from modern streets to Roman ruins, including a stop for coffee and cake with a software wizard in Vienna, Manaugh rides along with some of these Big Data archaeologists, and their critics. —Anthony Lydgate | Features Editor READ THE FULL STORY You Might Also Like What If the Robots Were Very Nice While They Took Over the World? BY VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN | 14-MINUTE READ First it was chess and Go. Now AI can beat us at Diplomacy, the most human of board games. The way it wins offers hope that maybe AI will be a delight. The Trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, Explained BY JOEL KHALILI | 9-MINUTE READ White-collar defendants use three main defenses: "It wasn't me, I didn't mean it, and the people that say I did are lying." FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried is likely to go for "I didn't mean it," experts say. ADVERTISEMENT The iPhone 12 Isn't the Only Phone to Fail France's Radiation Test BY ANDREW WILLIAMS | 8-MINUTE READ Samsung, Motorola, and other phone makers have exceeded the limits that caused France to ban the iPhone 12. In fact, all phones emit radiation—should you be worried? Here's everything you need to know. Is the Physics of Time Actually Changing? BY KC COLE | 8-MINUTE READ Days seem to be rushing ahead in a disturbing blur, or else slowing painfully down. Maybe it's a tale as old as—well, you know. Mastering Chatbots Like ChatGPT Is Becoming An Indispensable Skill WIRED's Reece Rogers has created a set of primers on using AI to boost your professional and personal computer skills. Sign up for the free five-day newsletter series to get started. GET AI UNLOCKED GET WIRED Get WIRED for just $29.99 $5. That includes subscriber-only content like Steven Levy's Plaintext column, plus free stickers! Subscribe now. ADVERTISEMENT Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   This email was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our email address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or manage your newsletter subscriptions

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