A Roman scroll, partially preserved when it was buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, has been virtually unwrapped and decoded using artificial intelligence.

A general view of the ancient archaeological site of Herculaneum, Italy. The scrolls that are part of the context were recovered from the site in the 1750s. (Ciro De Luca/Reuters) ...

For centuries, a set of ancient papyrus scrolls discovered at Herculaneum has puzzled archaeologists. Damaged by the famed eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., the scrolls had remained ...

Something like 300 scrolls were too damaged by the volcano to even be candidates for the Piaggio machine. If anything was to work on these impenetrable scrolls, it would have to be non-invasive.

Humans Ancient Herculaneum scroll piece revealed by AI – here's what it says A Greek philosopher’s musings on pleasure, contained in ancient papyrus scrolls buried by Mount Vesuvius’s ...

The Dead Sea Scrolls are surely among the most historically and biblically important objects known to humankind. Found in caves near the Dead Sea nearly 100 years ago, these ancient manuscripts ...

How do you read an ancient and charred scroll? A 21-year-old college student figured it out Hanna Seariac Tue, October 17, 2023 at 5:22 PM UTC 4 min read A 21-year-old college student used AI to ...

Pompeii breakthrough as ancient scroll finally deciphered after 2,000 years A £560,000 prize was on offer for scholars who could read the ancient Roman texts buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted in ...

Scientists have succeeded in reading parts of an ancient scroll that was buried in a volcanic eruption almost 2,000 years ago, holding out the promise that the world's oldest surviving library may ...

Ancient papyrus scrolls that were buried in ash after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD have been read for the first time with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). The Herculaneum papyri ...

Researchers have successfully generated a digital image of an ancient scroll from Herculaneum that has not been seen in almost 2,000 years. The announcement was made by the Bodleian Libraries ...

A study of a scroll made more than 2,300 years ago has revealed how there were likely far more venomous snakes in ancient Egypt than are living in the country today. The document, known as the ...