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 ...
Elon Musk is looking for the secrets of Ancient Rome and has paid for it: his goal is the Herculaneum papyri
A groundbreaking project seeks to unlock the secrets of ancient Roman philosophy with the help of cutting-edge technology and ...
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New Herculaneum Scroll Unwrapped, Revealing Ancient Greek Philosophy
A 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll has been digitally unwrapped for the first time, revealing an ancient Greek Epicurean ...
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AI Revives 2,000-Year-Old Roman Scroll Burned in Mount Vesuvius Eruption
The scroll, named PHerc. 172, is one piece to a larger puzzle — for years, researchers have pursued restoration of the Herculaneum papyri, a series of over 1,800 scrolls burned and carbonized during ...
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Researchers Get a Peek Inside Another Herculaneum Scroll That Survived Vesuvius’s Eruption
Researchers have generated an image of text from inside a scroll that was buried in volcanic ash with the ancient city of ...
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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 ...
‘Disgust’ among first words decoded in 2,000-year-old charred scroll
Scholars are studying an ancient scroll that has been virtually unrolled 2,000 years after it was burned to a crisp during ...
AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano
U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by ...