Papyrus scroll burnt to a crisp during Vesuvius eruption deciphered with help of AI

A papyrus scroll that was burned and carbonized when Mount Vesuvius erupted almost 2,000 years ago has been virtually ...

Complete text of carbonised Herculaneum scroll unlocked for first time

By Crispian Balmer ROME, June 25 (Reuters) - Researchers using artificial intelligence and advanced imaging said on Thursday ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Have Deciphered the Surviving Fragments of a 2,000-Year-Old Philosophical Treatise Frozen in Time by Mount Vesuvius’ Eruption

The papyrus manuscript was part of a vast library preserved by volcanic ash. Now, the remaining passages—which examine ethics ...

Herculaneum scroll revealed by cutting-edge imaging

Back in 79 AD, in the Romanian Herculaneum, a volcanic eruption struck the heart of Mount Vesuvius and presumed to have ...

Scientists reveal secrets of ancient scrolls burned by Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago

Researchers have recovered texts previously lost to history, revealing philosophical takes on ethics, the arts, human ...

Scientists have just unlocked the secrets of an ancient scroll torched by Mount Vesuvius

After a centuries-long struggle, scholars managed to read five feet of text, using machine-learning methods they hope can ...
Scientific American

Ancient Roman scrolls destroyed by Mount Vesuvius digitally unrolled in full for first time

This Silicon Valley-backed venture is unraveling the mangled remains of scrolls ruined by the 79 C.E. eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed Herculaneum and Pompeii ...