The ancient scroll, which looks like a lump of charcoal, was charred by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD. It's ...

During Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 C.E., thousands of papyrus scrolls were scorched, rendering their contents unreadable.

scorched scroll. With the help of X-ray imaging and artificial intelligence, scientists have peered inside a 2,000-year-old Roman papyrus ... the contents of scrolls burned in the volcanic ...

The scroll, which was burnt during the devastating 79AD eruption, is too delicate to be unrolled. However, through virtual unwrapping using AI and X-ray imaging, experts have been able to uncover ...

Researchers first have to identify each layer of the scroll. AI is then used to detect the ink - a tricky feat since both the papyrus (thick paper) and the ink have both turned to carbon and are ...

The scroll was discovered in the town of Herculaneum, a town destroyed in the volcanic eruption that buried neighbouring ...

Burnt to a crisp by lava from Mount Vesuvius ... to digitally unroll and start reading one of the ancient scrolls. The scroll in question, known as PHerc. 172, is one of three stored at the ...

A badly burnt scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum ... In the past, some of the documents, which are made from a thick paper-like material called papyrus, were prised open but they crumbled ...

Scientists have digitally “unrolled” a Roman scroll charred by the Mount Vesuvious volcano eruption and left unread for nearly 2,000 years. Using artificial intelligence and X-ray imaging ...