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.
The secrets of a 2,000-year-old burnt scroll
The ancient scroll, which looks like a lump of charcoal, was charred by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD. It's ...
AI Peers Inside Burned 2,000-Year-Old Vesuvius Scroll, Finds ‘Disgust’
A breakthrough out of the Vesuvius Challenge builds on past efforts to virtually “unroll” fragile papyrus documents ...
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AI helps researchers read ancient scrolls burned to a crisp in Vesuvius eruption
Researchers have taken one step closer to understanding the past after they managed to use artificial intelligence to read ...
'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 ...
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 ...
First passages of Herculaneum scroll are DECIPHERED by AI: Students use program to read more than 2,000 words on charred papyrus buried by Mount Vesuvius eruptio…
More than 2,000 words of the Herculaneum scroll, charred papyrus found buried by the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79AD, has ...