First glimpse inside burnt scroll after 2,000 years - BBC
2 days ago · Last year, a Vesuvius Challenge team managed to read about 5% of another Herculaneum scroll. Its subject was Greek Epicurean philosophy, which teaches that fulfilment can be found through the ...
AI Revives 2,000-Year-Old Roman Scroll Burned in Mount Vesuvius ...
1 hour ago · Before Mount Vesuvius demolished the Roman town of Herculaneum in 79 A.D., a massive collection of scrolls sat in what is known today as the Villa of the Papyri.Back in the day, the villa would have been a must-see destination; in addition to the library of papyri scrolls, it boasted extravagant works of art, from frescoes to marble sculptures.
'Incredible moment in history:' Particle accelerator and AI offer first ...
6 hours ago · A 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is filled with lost words that scholars can now decipher thanks to AI and a particle accelerator.
‘Disgust’ among first words decoded in 2,000-year-old charred scroll
12 hours ago · Scholars are decoding an ancient scroll that was one of hundreds charred to a crisp during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. The artifact, which is kept at the University of Oxford’s ...
Using A.I., Researchers Peer Inside a 2,000-Year-Old Scroll Charred …
11 hours ago · With the help of artificial intelligence, researchers have revealed some of the text inside a 2,000-year-old scroll that was charred during Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 C.E.
AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius …
1 day ago · This undated image made available by Vesuvius Challenge shows an X-ray scan of part of papyrus scroll PHerc.172, showing the word ‘disgust’, one of hundreds of papyrus scrolls found amid the remains of a lavish villa at the Roman town of Herculaneum, which along with neighboring Pompeii was destroyed when Mt. Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79.
First complete passages from ancient Herculaneum scroll decoded - CNN
Feb 7, 2024 · More than 2,000 characters — the first full passages — have been deciphered from a scroll, according to an announcement Monday by computer scientists who launched the Vesuvius Challenge, a ...
First passages of rolled-up Herculaneum scroll revealed - Nature
Feb 5, 2024 · A team of student researchers has made a giant contribution to solving one of the biggest mysteries in archaeology by revealing the content of Greek writing inside a charred scroll buried 2,000...
AI deciphers part of an ancient scroll 2,000 years after Mount Vesuvius ...
Feb 12, 2024 · Part of a brittle scroll covered with ash from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago has been read for the first time. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Wow. This happened thanks to an...
Herculaneum scrolls breakthrough: Scientists digitally "unroll" …
1 day ago · The papyrus scrolls found in a Herculaneum villa in the 1750s were badly charred by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Since their discovery in the 1700s, researchers have tried many ...