Herculaneum scrolls breakthrough: Scientists digitally "unroll" 2,000-year-old scroll scorched by Mount Vesuvius
Researchers used advanced technology to digitally "unroll" an ancient Greek text on carbonized papyrus, and now they're ...
The secrets of a 2,000-year-old burnt scroll
The ancient scroll, which looks like a lump of charcoal, was charred by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD. It's ...
Herculaneum scrolls could reveal secrets about Socrates, expert says
Nearly 2,000 years after they were buried the scrolls are still to spill their secrets READ MORE: Plato's final hours ...
AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano
U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by ...
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Peer inside the Herculaneum scroll for the first time in 2,000 years: Scientists use AI to virtually unfurl a 'badly burnt' manuscript that was charred during the eruption of ...
Now, scientists have used AI to virtually unfurl one of the Herculaneum scrolls – the ancient documents buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Known as PHerc. 172, this ...
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How Artificial Intelligence Is Making 2,000-Year-Old Scrolls Readable Again
Read Smithsonian’s coverage of the Vesuvius Challenge and the Herculaneum scrolls here (https ... archaeologoists-only-just-beginning-reveal-secrets-hidden-ancient-manuscripts-180967455/) ...
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The secrets of a 2,000-year-old burnt scroll
Parsons is the head of Vesuvius Challenge, an international competition for experts who are trying to unlock Herculaneum scrolls. Last year, Youssef Nader in Germany, Luke Farritor in the US ...
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Herculaneum scroll reveals its secrets after 2,000 years
Over a thousand scrolls were found in the remains of Herculaneum, but the secrets of what was written are only just beginning to be revealed in detail.