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Our new state-of-the-art AI model Aeneas transforms how historians connect the past. 📜 Ancient inscriptions often lack context – it's like solving a puzzle with 90% of the pieces lost to time. Aeneas helps researchers interpret and situate inscriptions in their past context. By transforming each ancient text into a unique historical fingerprint, Aeneas can identify similarities across 176,000 Latin inscriptions. In our study, historians found these ‘parallels’ to be helpful research starting points 9 out of 10 times - improving their confidence by 44%. We tested Aeneas on the Res Gestae Divi Augusti – one of the most debated ancient inscriptions. Without prior knowledge, it successfully mapped out the leading scholarly theories on its dating, showing how AI can help model history in a quantitative way. 📊 Aeneas is now accessible through: 👉A website for researchers 🧑💻Open-source code and dataset 📚Syllabus for classrooms 🏛️Upgraded Ithaca ancient Greek model We’re excited to see how more people use this work to uncover the past. Find out more → https://goo.gle/4kVkh6n