Scientists are leveraging a combination of artificial intelligence and X-rays to begin unraveling the mystery of the charred ...
Scientists then used AI to piece together the images, search for ink that reveals where there is writing, and enhance the ...
The heat and volcanic ash from Vesuvius destroyed the town and preserved the scrolls, but in an unreadable state, turning them into charred fragile blocks that disintegrate if unrolled physically.
Mount Vesuvius' most famous eruption arguably took place in AD 79, killing up to 16,000 people in the Gulf of Naples, Italy. But more than 2,000 years before this, the 2,000ft volcano suffered ...