Scientists have just unlocked the secrets of an ancient scroll torched by Mount Vesuvius
Artificial intelligence has successfully deciphered the text of an ancient papyrus scroll carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
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📍 How it ended
Scientists used AI and digital unrolling to fully read the carbonised Herculaneum scrolls destroyed by the Mount Vesuvius eruption. The complete text of the 2,000‑year‑old philosophical treatise was unlocked and reported across multiple outlets.
Epilogue added 86d ago, after coverage quieted.
The brief
Researchers have recovered the full text from a Herculaneum scroll that was previously considered unreadable. The document, which had been burnt to a crisp during the volcanic eruption, has now been unlocked for the first time.
Coverage from New Scientist, Yahoo, The Guardian, National Geographic, and The Washington Post highlights the use of artificial intelligence to reconstruct the damaged material. These reports emphasize the technical feat of accessing text from scrolls once thought to be destroyed.
Future developments will focus on the contents of the recovered philosophy books. Coverage does not yet specify the full scope of the translated texts or the implications for broader historical research.
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Quick answers
How was the scroll deciphered?
Artificial intelligence technology was utilized to read the carbonized papyrus.
What is the origin of the scrolls?
The scrolls were recovered from Herculaneum after being damaged by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
What is contained in the scroll?
Coverage identifies the contents as lost books written by ancient philosophers.
Coverage (16)
- Scientists Have Deciphered the Surviving Fragments of a 2,000-Year-Old Philosophical Treatise Frozen in Time by Mount Vesuvius' Eruption Smithsonian Magazine · 89d ago
- Ancient Roman scrolls destroyed by Mount Vesuvius digitally unrolled in full for first time Scientific American · 89d ago
- Roman Scroll Damaged by Mount Vesuvius Eruption Is Read Again for First Time in 2,000 Years People.com · 89d ago
- AI cracks a 2,000-year-old mystery buried by Mount Vesuvius Futura, le média qui explore le monde · 89d ago
- In a First, Scientists Fully Read a Charred Herculaneum Scroll—Without Ever Opening It Gizmodo · 89d ago
- Scientists decipher new secrets from ancient scrolls scorched by Vesuvius eruption: "Finally able to read them" CBS News · 89d ago
- They read the scroll thing! AI helps decipher ancient document charred by Vesuvius The Register · 89d ago
- Papyrus scroll burnt to a crisp during Vesuvius eruption deciphered with help of AI CNN · 89d ago
- Scientists reveal secrets of ancient scrolls burned by Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago NBC News · 89d ago
- Ancient text charred by Vesuvius read for first time in 2,000 years The Times · 89d ago
- Complete text of carbonised Herculaneum scroll unlocked for first time Reuters · 89d ago
- Lost books by ancient philosophers recovered from 'unreadable' scrolls New Scientist · 90d ago
- Complete text of carbonised Herculaneum scroll unlocked for first time Yahoo · 90d ago
- AI helps read papyrus scroll burnt to crisp during Vesuvius eruption The Guardian · 90d ago
- Inside the stunning recovery of the lost Herculaneum Scrolls National Geographic · 90d ago
- Scientists have just unlocked the secrets of an ancient scroll torched by Mount Vesuvius The Washington Post · 90d ago
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