New AI Models Could Create More Accurate Visualizations of Classical Architecture

The release of the 2026 film adaptation of The Odyssey sparked intense debate among historians and classical scholars about its accuracy in depicting ancient Greece.

However, new artificial intelligence (AI) models developed at Georgia Tech may soon weigh in on the debate, providing a richer, more accurate understanding of what classical structures looked like than ever before.

The new AI and machine learning models developed by GT researchers will provide archaeologists and classical architecture experts with better analytical tools for studying temples, theaters, homes, and other structures from ancient Greece.

These models could enable researchers to draw conclusions and make new discoveries in a fraction of the time required to identify and analyze archaeological data using traditional statistical methods.

Kartik Goyal and Myrsini Mamoli received a $225,000 grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities earlier this year to support interdisciplinary collaboration, including the development of the models.