Submission + - Scientist recover text from charred scrolls of Vesuvius (sciencealert.com)

Submitted by davidone on Sunday February 18, 2024 @03:26AM

davidone writes: Thanks to X-ray tomography and machine learning, carbonized scrolls found in Villa of Papyri – an ancient Roman mansion destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius — can now be read, after being buried since 79 CE.

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Submission + - Scientist recover text from charred scrolls of Vesuvius (sciencealert.com)

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