An expert said there could be more scrolls out there as artificial intelligence and other new technology helps to decipher ...

A 2,000 year old papyrus scroll, severely charred by the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius, has been painstakingly restored to readability by archaeologists. Initially deemed "unreadable" due ...

AN ANCIENT scroll that had nearly turned to charcoal in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD may be about to have its secrets revealed. After 2,000years, the contents of the scroll can b… ...

Badly burnt scroll digitally unwrapped to provide first look in 2,000 years. The scrolls, believed to contain Greek philosophy, were destroyed by the 79AD Mount Vesuvius volcanic eruption ...

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, burnt pa… ...

Hundreds of papyrus scrolls were found in the 1750s amid the remains of a lavish villa at the Roman town of Herculaneum, which along with neighboring Pompeii was destroyed when Mt. Vesuvius ...

AI has helped decode words from a scroll burned in Mount Vesuvius’ A.D. 79 eruption — without unrolling it. This breakthrough, part of the Vesuvius Challenge, brings lost ancient texts closer ...

Researchers working to decipher the contents of a burned, still-rolled scroll have uncovered both the author and the title of the text nearly 2,000 years after it was buried in the Mount Vesuvius ...

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 ...