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AI Identifies Author of Charred Scroll Buried by Vesuvius for 2,000 Years
A sealed Herculaneum scroll yields its secrets—revealing a lost philosophical treatise by Philodemus through virtual ...
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AI reveals title of ‘unreadable’ Vesuvius scroll for first time
Team scoops US$60,000 prize for identifying a Greek work on vices from scans of a 2,000-year-old papyrus charred by volcanic ...
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Title and author of burned, still-rolled scroll decoded after nearly 2,000 years
The scroll — named PHerc. 172 — is one of hundreds from the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum, which was buried under volcanic debris when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, according to the ...
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Title of scroll burnt to a crisp by Mt Vesuvius 2,000 years ago finally read by AI – & we even know who wrote them
RESEARCHERS have deciphered the title and author of a charred scroll destroyed by the Mount Vesuvius eruption 2,000 years ago. The tightly bound scroll cannot be opened since its delicate ...
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Family's last desperate attempt to escape erupting Vesuvius unearthed in Pompeii
Archaeological Park of Pompeii Archaeologists have unearthed heartbreaking evidence of a family's last-ditch attempts to flee from the incoming destruction during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in ...
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2,000 year-old Pompeii dig reveals giraffe bone and rare glassified human brain
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD buried Pompeii and Herculaneum, preserving Roman life in ash. Recent discoveries, including exotic animal bones, vitrified brains, erotic art, and children ...
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Vesuvius challenge: AI unlocks text of burned philosophical treatise papyrus
A charred scroll recovered from a Roman villa buried under ash during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE was identified as a work by the ancient Greek philosopher Philodemus. Researchers ...