UK scientists made a breakthrough in deciphering ancient scrolls charred by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ...

During Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 C.E., thousands of papyrus scrolls were scorched, rendering their contents unreadable.

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A breakthrough out of the Vesuvius Challenge builds on past efforts to virtually “unroll” fragile papyrus documents ...

Scientists are leveraging a combination of artificial intelligence and X-rays to begin unraveling the mystery of the charred ...

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Researchers have generated an image of text from inside a scroll that was buried in volcanic ash with the ancient city of ...

A 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is filled with lost words that scholars can now ...

Researchers used advanced technology to digitally "unroll" an ancient Greek text on carbonized papyrus, and now they're ...