Researchers used artificial intelligence and X-ray scans to decipher parts of a 2,000-year-old papyrus scroll burned in the A.D. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Sources
- 7 archaeological discoveries that stunned us in 2024 (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-students-decipher-first-passages-2000-year-old-scroll-burned-vesuvius-eruption-180983738/ (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/secrets-ancient-herculaneum-scroll-deciphered-ai-rcna137960 (nbcnews.com)
- https://uknow.uky.edu/research/grand-prize-discovery-made-2000-year-old-herculaneum-scrolls (uknow.uky.edu)
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