Ancient Herculaneum scroll read for the first time after nearly 2,000 years
- Nearly 2,000 years after Mount Vesuvius buried the Roman town of Herculaneum, researchers have read an ancient scroll without physically opening it.
- Using advanced X-ray scans and artificial intelligence, they recovered the full surviving text from a sealed papyrus for the first time.
- The work gives scholars access to writing hidden since CE 79.
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- Nearly 2,000 years after Mount Vesuvius buried the Roman town of Herculaneum, researchers have read an ancient scroll without physically opening it.
- Using advanced X-ray scans and artificial intelligence, they recovered the full surviving text from a sealed papyrus for the first time.
- The work gives scholars access to writing hidden since CE 79.
Sources: Archaeologymag