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The Herculaneum Library
www.herculaneum.ox.ac.uk/about-us/story-of-herculaneum
In the Villa of the Papyri, some 1800 fragmentary scrolls were discovered – the only library from the ancient Greco-Roman world to survive into the modern era.
Buried by the Ash of Vesuvius, These Scrolls Are Being Read for the First Time in Millennia
A revolutionary American scientist is using subatomic physics to decipher 2,000-year-old texts from the early days of Western civilization
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/buried-ash-vesuvius-scrolls-are-being-read-new-xray-technique-180969358/
How ancient Herculaneum papyrus scrolls were deciphered
Feb 7, 2024
Artificial intelligence has helped decipher an ancient papyrus scroll, which was transformed into a lump of blackened carbon by volcanic ash from Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. The first passages of readable text reveal never-before-seen musings from a Greek philosopher.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6hHiaFDKFY
Herculaneum Scrolls: Unraveling History | Breakthrough
Oct 23, 2023
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius is renowned for its decimation of Pompeii, but nearby, an equally impressive Roman settlement known as Herculaneum was lost to history. Today, the latest in technology is opening a wind to the past, as scientists digitally "unravel" the Herculaneum Scrolls.
