Watch scientists decipher burnt scrolls without unrolling them

By making and burning their own papyrus, researchers have come up with a method that might help to read unopened ancient scrolls from Herculaneum.

Nature·3d ago

Tech Advances Could Unlock Mt. Vesuvius Scroll Secrets

X-ray technology and artificial intelligence — along with the discovery of lead in the ink of fragments of a collection of ancient Roman scrolls — ...

Mirage News·Sep 16

This book has been rolled shut since 79 A.D. A college kid and an AI read it without opening it.

Vesuvius buried a library in 79 A.D. and turned 1,800 books into charcoal. Open one, and it crumbles. This June, friend, scientists read an entire scroll without touching it. A 21-year-old found the...

Komando.com·Aug 30

Archaeologists use AI to reconstruct Pompeii victim’s face and final moments

AI-generated image shows a man ducking for cover, with a flaming Mount Vesuvius in the background Archaeologists and researchers at the ancient Roman site of Pompeii have used artificial intelligence...

MSN·Jul 24

AI has read a sealed Herculaneum scroll charred by Vesuvius for the first time

Researchers have for the first time virtually unwrapped and read an entire sealed Herculaneum papyrus scroll, carbonized nearly two thousand years ago when Mount Vesuvius buried the ancient Roman...

Morning Overview on MSN·Jul 5

AI helps scientists decipher papyrus scroll burnt in Vesuvius eruption

An ancient scroll that survived the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD has finally revealed its secrets. Scientists were able to decipher the fragile scroll without unrolling it. Instead, they used...

Yahoo·Jul 1

Scientists burn their own scrolls to help read 2,000-year-old Herculaneum papyri

Lead in the ink of Herculaneum scrolls creates a strong X-ray signal, helping AI read texts without opening the fragile papyri.

archaeologymag·Sep 18

We may soon be able to read long-lost ancient scrolls damaged by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius

X-ray technology and artificial intelligence—along with the discovery of lead in the ink of fragments from a collection of ancient Roman scrolls—could soon help scientists read long-lost texts buried...

Phys.org on MSN·Sep 16

Scientists used AI to read black ink on blackened papyrus — "It should have been impossible"

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius carbonized hundreds of papyrus scrolls inside a villa at Herculaneum nearly 2,000 years ago. Because physically unrolling them would destroy them, most remained ...

Sideprojects on MSN·Aug 28

AI brings ancient carbonized papyrus back to life—historians left speechless

Beneath the Ashes: The Hidden Library of Herculaneum Over 2,000 years ago, the personal library of Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus—father-in-law to Julius Caesar—was entombed beneath mudflows with...

Futura-Sciences on MSN·Jul 23

Yet More Scrolls Burned by Vesuvius Decoded by AI–Revealing Insights by Unknown Stoic Philosopher

Undoubtedly more of these scrolls will be decoded as the years progress and the yet-young methods of their decoding are refined further.

Good News Network·Jul 3

Vesuvius Challenge Unlocks Lost Texts from Herculaneum Scrolls: AI Reveals New Works by Philodemus

Greek City Times·Jun 29

Lithium Batteries May Help Unravel Mystery of Ancient Papyrus Scrolls

But Daugherty never imagined that his algorithm could serve a very different purpose: helping to decipher a trove of fragile papyrus scrolls. Ancient scholars inscribed these scrolls before the ...

National Institute of Standards and Technology·Sep 17

Photo: AI unfurls an ancient scroll

In June, Italian researchers announced that they had used artificial intelligence to virtually unfurl and interpret a papyrus scroll that was burnt to a crisp during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius ...

Reason on MSN·Sep 6

AI is pulling lost epics from charred scrolls that Vesuvius buried

Researchers have read an entire rolled Herculaneum papyrus scroll end to end using AI, recovering Greek text from layers of papyrus carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. The scroll,...

Morning Overview on MSN·Jul 26

Vesuvius revisited: a new story of the day the world exploded

It was one of history’s most dramatic moments—but the eruption of Mount Vesuvius wasn’t a single disaster. Recent evidence reveals how three settlements faced three distinct fates, reshaping our ...

National Geographic·Jul 23

AI Deciphers 2,000-Year-Old Herculaneum Papyrus Scroll Burnt In Vesuvius Eruption Without Unrolling It

Researchers have used AI to virtually unwrap and decipher a nearly 2,000-year-old Herculaneum papyrus scroll buried in the AD79 Vesuvius eruption. The technique revealed previously hidden Stoic ...

Free Press Journal·Jul 1

The Lost Library Beneath Mount Vesuvius Is Finally Revealing Its Secrets, AI Makes It Possible

AI and advanced X-ray imaging have decoded the first sealed Herculaneum scroll, opening the door to reading hundreds of ancient texts preserved for nearly 2,000 years.

International Business Times Singapore·Jun 27