Aeneas Unlocked: AI, Inscriptions, and the Epigraphic Revolution

In The Deep Dive, we explore Google DeepMind's Aeneas—an AI that can restore fragmented Latin and Greek inscriptions, predict their origin, and date them within a historical window from 800 BCE to 800 CE. We unpack how it learns from vast epigraphic databases, leverages text and image cues, and presents transparent reasoning with ranked restoration options and probabilistic geography. Join us as we consider what this means for historians, classicists, and curious enthusiasts alike, and how this digital Sherlock Holmes reshapes our view of the ancient world.

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