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Technology reveals ancient text inside burnt Herculaneum scroll
Researchers and papyrologists have used technology to unravel a papyrus scroll without physical intervention, allowing them ...
First glimpse inside burnt scroll after 2,000 years
A badly burnt scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum has been digitally "unwrapped", providing the first look inside for 2 ...
Daily Mail3d
Pompeii's dark omen: Ancient footprints show people had to escape an eruption of Mount Vesuvius 1,800 years BEFORE the one that buried the famous Roman city
Mount Vesuvius' most famous eruption arguably took place in AD 79, killing up to 16,000 people in the Gulf of Naples, Italy. But more than 2,000 years before this, the 2,000ft volcano suffered ...
The New York Times20d
The Eruption of Vesuvius
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...
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A 'Historic Breakthrough' With Charred Vesuvius Scrolls
After two students correctly identified the ancient Greek word for "purple" in a papyrus scroll charred by the AD79 eruption ...
The Sun21d
Ancient footprints of people who fled fiery Mount Vesuvius eruption 3,000 years ago unearthed by accident
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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine22d
What Was Life Like in Pompeii Before Mount Vesuvius Erupted Nearly 2,000 Years Ago?
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 ...
14 Incredible Facts about Pompeii, the Roman City Frozen in Time
A thick layer of volcanic mud preserved Pompeii as it was in 79 CE, offering a unique glimpse into life in the Roman Empire.
‘Disgust’ among first words decoded in 2,000-year-old charred scroll
Scholars are studying an ancient scroll that has been virtually unrolled 2,000 years after it was burned to a crisp during the eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius.