Mass grave sheds light on 7th century plague

In modern-day Jordan, a 1500-year old mass grave sheds light on the lives of people affected by the Plague of Justinian.

Police investigate how Rome’s beloved Bernini elephant sculpture lost the tip of its tusk — again

Police are investigating how one of Rome’s most beloved monuments, the elephant sculpture designed by Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, lost the tip of its left tusk.

The 6 best city breaks for spring sunshine and cultural wonders

From enjoying the cherry blossom in Kyoto to swimming in Copenhagen’s harbour baths, these cities are ideal for a spring ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Lucian Freud Is Famous for His Unflinching Portraits. These Rarely Seen Drawings Provide an Intimate Window Into His Creative Process

A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London showcases drawings and etchings from throughout the British ...

Shedding Light on a Roma Artist, and the Fate of Her People

Ceija Stojka, who made visible the historical injustices to the Roma people during and after the Holocaust, is the subject of ...
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Artist reimagines Disney characters as famous classical paintings and pop culture references (20 new pics)

Many of us know the most popular classical paintings—well, at least what they look like. Sadly, fewer know the names of the paintings and of the painters who created them.
IEEE

BR-DeFedRL: Byzantine-Robust Decentralized Federated Reinforcement Learning with Fast Convergence and Communication Efficiency

Abstract: In this paper, we propose Byzantine-Robust Decentralized Federated Reinforcement Learning (BR-DeFedRL), an innovative framework that effectively combats the harmful influence of Byzantine ...
Greek Reporter

The Byzantine’s Hidden Impact on Education

Drawing heavily from antiquity, the Byzantine contribution to education and higher learning is immense, despite often being ...