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Scientists have just unlocked the secrets of an ancient scroll torched by Mount Vesuvius

Scientists have used artificial intelligence to read papyrus scrolls charred by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The recovered texts contain works by ancient philosophers. These documents were previously considered unreadable.

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AI has successfully unlocked the complete text of a carbonized Herculaneum scroll.

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  1. AI Deciphers Carbonized Herculaneum Scrolls

    Scientists have used artificial intelligence to read papyrus scrolls charred by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The recovered texts contain works by ancient philosophers. These documents were previously considered unreadable.

    What's confirmed:

    • Artificial intelligence helped decipher papyrus scrolls burned during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
    • The recovered texts discuss ethics, art, human behavior, and theology.
    • The scrolls originated from a library in Herculaneum.
    • The Bodleian Libraries and the Vesuvius Challenge generated the first image of the inside of scroll PHerc. 172.
    • Scroll PHerc. 172 was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
    • The scrolls were uncovered during an 18th-century archaeological dig.
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