AI Unlocks 2,000-Year-Old Herculaneum Scroll Carbonized by Vesuvius
An method driven by artificial intelligence is making it possible to read texts scorched and left buried by the eruption of ...
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Scientists issue warning: Italy is not prepared for possible eruption of “one of world’s most dangerous volcanoes”
Scientists and NASA have warned that a potential eruption of Italy’s mount Vesuvius may be a reality, with 3 million Italians ...
One of Elon Musk’s young DOGE engineers explains how he won the $700K Vesuvius Challenge
Elon Musk has reportedly picked fresh-faced six engineers to run DOGE. I spoke to one of them in 2023, when his life looked ...
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'Incredible moment in history:' Particle accelerator and AI offer first peek inside 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll
A 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is filled with lost words that scholars can now ...
‘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 ...
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Volcano-scorched Roman scroll is read for the first time in 2000 years
A papyrus scroll carbonised by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius two millennia ago is slowly being read once again thanks to ...
Ancient scrolls near Pompeii were preserved but unreadable - are they now revealing their secrets?
UK scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough in their efforts to decipher 2000-year-old papyrus scrolls that were ...
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 ...