Scientists Digitally Unroll Ancient Script Burned by Vesuvius

Image caption: Herculaneum scroll P.Herc. 172. Source: Vesuvius Challenge / Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. Article by Emily Snow. The Collector – February  6, 2025.

Nearly 2,000 years ago, a library of papyrus scrolls was incinerated in the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum. Now, for the first time, researchers have unfurled the carbonized remains of one such scroll—not physically, but digitally. “It’s an incredible moment in history as librarians, computer scientists, and scholars of the classical period are collaborating to […]

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