is the fifth intact Herculaneum scroll to be virtually unrolled as part of the Vesuvius Challenge, a competition designed to accelerate the deciphering of the scrolls that form an unprecedented ...

U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago.

Elon Musk, the American entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, donated three million dollars to support projects aimed at deciphering the ancient Herculaneum papyri, which have remained a ...

Researchers have successfully generated a digital image of an ancient scroll from Herculaneum that has not ... which have been working to decipher three scrolls, including this one, over the ...

The scroll was buried beneath volcanic ash in the Roman town of Herculaneum following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD. Known as PHerc. 172, it was among hundreds discovered in the library ...

LONDON — Scientists hope a mix of artificial intelligence and human expertise will help decipher ancient scrolls ... a lavish villa at the Roman town of Herculaneum, which along with neighboring ...