https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/scientists-have-just-unlocked-the-secrets-of-an-ancient-scroll-torched-by-mount-vesuviusContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/scientists-have-just-unlocked-the-secrets-of-an-ancient-scroll-torched-by-mount-vesuviushttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/scientists-have-just-unlocked-the-secrets-of-an-ancient-scroll-torched-by-mount-vesuvius#u19786Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:50:50 +0000Scientists 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 b