For nearly two millennia, a library entombed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius remained silent. Among its shelves—now ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, it buried cities like Pompeii and Herculaneum under layers of ash and pumice, freezing a moment in time. Among the artifacts preserved were hundreds of papyrus ...

A groundbreaking discovery of a papyrus scroll buried in AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius may reveal more about the final hours of famous Greek philosopher Plato as well as his burial place. The scroll ...

Three students have used AI to decipher the initial passages of a Herculean scroll found buried in the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 A.D. For their efforts, they won a whopping $700,000 in prize money ...

A scroll covered by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius has been read for the first time — with the help of artificial intelligence. What's old - really, really old - is new again. Part of a brittle scroll ...

Over the next two and a half centuries, attempts were made to unfurl some of the hundreds of scrolls using everything from rose water and mercury to vegetable gas and papyrus juice, according to the ...

LONDON — Scientists hope a mix of artificial intelligence and human expertise will help decipher ancient scrolls carbonized by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago. Hundreds of papyrus scrolls were ...

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What's old - really, really old - is new again. Part of a brittle scroll covered with ash from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago has been read for the first time. STEVE INSKEEP, ...

London — The Herculaneum scrolls have remained one of the many tantalizing mysteries of the ancient world for almost 2,000 years. Burnt to a crisp by lava from Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, the reams of ...

LONDON (AP) — Scientists hope a mix of artificial intelligence and human expertise will help decipher ancient scrolls carbonized by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago. Hundreds of papyrus scrolls ...