A breakthrough out of the Vesuvius Challenge builds on past efforts to virtually “unroll” fragile papyrus documents ...

For the past two years, citizen scientists and scholars have been working to reveal the previously hidden texts of the ...

Researchers used advanced technology to digitally "unroll" an ancient Greek text on carbonized papyrus, and now they're ...

Researchers and papyrologists have used technology to unravel a papyrus scroll without physical intervention, allowing them ...

A badly burnt scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum has been digitally "unwrapped", providing the first look inside for 2 ...

Scientists are leveraging a combination of artificial intelligence and X-rays to begin unraveling the mystery of the charred scrolls.

Researchers have generated an image of text from inside a scroll that was buried in volcanic ash with the ancient city of ...

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After two students correctly identified the ancient Greek word for "purple" in a papyrus scroll charred by the AD79 eruption ...

ANCIENT footprints of people who fled a fiery eruption of Mount Vesuvius 3,000 years ago have been unearthed by accident. The markings had been made more than 1,000 years prior to the volcano's ...

sounds and projections to recreate the ancient Roman city Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent The exhibition includes a recreation of Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E. National Museum of Australia ...

A thick layer of volcanic mud preserved Pompeii as it was in 79 CE, offering a unique glimpse into life in the Roman Empire.