European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Scientists used artificial intelligence to read an entire ancient scroll from Herculaneum that was charred by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, without physically opening it. The team employed …

Scientists have fully read a charred Herculaneum scroll without opening it, using X-ray tomography and machine learning. The scroll, PHerc. 1667, contains a Stoic philosophical treatise on ethics. Thi…

Researchers used AI and high-resolution CT scans to read a sealed scroll from Herculaneum, destroyed by Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago. The scroll, PHerc. 1667, contains a Stoic philosophy trea…