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Scientists burn their own scrolls to help read 2,000-year-old Herculaneum papyri
Scientists are intentionally burning newly made scrolls to learn how to read ancient texts toasted by Mount Vesuvius.
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Scientists are intentionally burning newly made scrolls to learn how to read ancient texts toasted by Mount Vesuvius.
Artificial intelligence has successfully deciphered the text of an ancient papyrus scroll carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.