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To Read 2,000-Year-Old Scrolls, Scientists Burned Their Own
To help read 2,000-year-old scrolls buried by Mount Vesuvius, scientists created new papyrus manuscripts, wrote on them with lead-laced ink and deliberately burned them. The unusual experiment could provide a practical way to identify the most promising texts among the carbonized remains of the Herculaneum library. The laboratory-made scrolls were not filled with ancient philosophy.…
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AI Unlocks Secrets of Ancient Herculaneum Scroll in Groundbreaking Oxford Discovery
Artificial intelligence, often envisioned for futuristic applications, is now playing a transformative role in uncovering the mysteries of the ancient world. In a groundbreaking achievement, researchers from the University of Oxford have successfully used AI to help decipher a 2,000-year-old papyrus scroll from Herculaneum — a Roman town buried under volcanic ash during the eruption…