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Mount Vesuvius' eruption preserved the Herculaneum scrolls beneath a blanket of ash. Two millennia later, X-ray scans show ...

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In a groundbreaking achievement, published in the journal PLOS One, researchers have identified the author and title of an ...

To train their model, Roth and Nowak manually annotated thousands of slices of the scroll, labeling each trace of ink or ...

An ancient papyrus scroll that was charred due to the eruption of Vesuvius roughly 2,000 years ago has seen the light of day thanks to the efforts of archaeologists. Despite being rendered ...

The Vesuvius Challenge has announced the latest award for the identification of the first title on one of the ancient Herculaneum scrolls. The title has been unread for nearly 2,000 years ...

Researchers have revealed the identity of the author behind a charred scroll from the first century BC, thanks to the advanced X-ray technology. Found in the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum ...