Feb 5, 2025 · A badly burnt scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum has been digitally "unwrapped", providing the first look inside for 2,000 years. ... Danny Robins uncovers fresh evidence, new leads and ...

6 days ago · In contrast to the other “Herculaneum papyri”, the writing ink on this scroll is much denser and therefore more visible to X-ray scans. Researchers believe this characteristic will help refine the AI’s ability to decipher more of the text. ... While the latest discoveries from PHerc. 172 mark a step forward, there is still much more to be ...

Feb 7, 2025 · The Bodleian Libraries and the Vesuvius Challenge have announced a historic breakthrough in the endeavour to decipher text preserved on papyrus scrolls from the ancient site of Herculaneum. Researchers have successfully generated the first image of the inside of scroll PHerc. 172, one of three Herculaneum scrolls housed at …

Feb 5, 2025 · Burnt to a crisp by lava from Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, the reams of rolled-up papyrus were discovered in a mansion in Herculaneum — an ancient Roman town near Pompeii — in the mid-18th century....

Feb 6, 2025 · A 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is filled with lost words that scholars can now decipher thanks to AI and a particle accelerator.

Feb 5, 2025 · The papyrus scroll was turned into a lump of brittle carbon, too fragile to unroll, when Vesuvius erupted — now new technology is giving scholars a glimpse inside

Feb 6, 2025 · Herculaneum scroll PHerc. 172, housed at the University of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries, was burned during Mount Vesuvius' eruption. It's the fifth intact scroll to be virtually unrolled as part of ...

However, recent conservation efforts have had greater success. [citation needed] Excavations have been temporarily discontinued to direct all funding to conservation programs. ... [43] is a PBS show covering the archaeological discoveries at Herculaneum. "Out of the Ashes: Recovering the Lost Library of Herculaneum" ...

Oct 20, 2019 · Join experts in the field as they share their latest research from the region including the discovery of rare wood and ivory objects, a "new" buried luxury villa, and evidence for re-dating the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius of A.D. 79.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 12, 2023) — The Herculaneum scrolls are among the most iconic and inaccessible of the world’s vast collection of damaged manuscripts. Since being burned and carbonized by the catastrophic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 …