Elon Musk pledges support to help decode ancient Herculaneum scrolls
The Herculaneum papyri, buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, constitute one of the few preserved sources of Roman thought.
Villa of the Papyri treasures resurface: AI restores lost works after 2,000 years
UK scientists used AI to "virtually unroll" ancient scrolls charred by Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago. UK scientists ...
‘2000-year-old’: AI is helping scientists to decipher Papyri scrolls from ancient Rome
Hundreds of papyrus scrolls were unearthed in the 1750s in the remains of the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum. These ...
AI used to crack the code of Oxford’s ancient scroll
This is not the first of its kind. The Vesuvius Challenge is a global initiative that was launched in 2023 to discover the contents of the Herculaneum Scrolls without physical intervention to the ...
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A.I. Is Decoding a Mysterious, Ancient Herculaneum Scroll at Oxford
Another Herculaneum scroll is being deciphered using X-ray imaging and artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms by a team ...
First words decoded from burnt scrolls that haven’t been read in nearly 2,000 years
This week, explore decoded words from charred ancient scrolls, meet heroic frog daddies, see Grand Canyon-size lunar features ...
AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano
Scientists hope a mix of artificial intelligence and human expertise will help decipher ancient scrolls carbonized by a ...
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First words decoded from burnt scrolls that haven’t been read in nearly 2,000 years
The artifact is the fifth intact Herculaneum scroll to be virtually ... about ancient Rome and Greece contained within the papyri. The as-yet-unknown chemical composition of the ink has made ...