An analysis of carbonised papyrus from the Roman town of Herculaneum has revealed the burial place of Plato.

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An analysis of carbonised papyrus from the Roman town of Herculaneum has revealed the burial place of Plato.

An analysis of carbonised papyrus from the Roman town of Herculaneum has revealed the burial place of Plato. Plato (427 – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period and taught the doctrines that would later become known as Platonism. Plato’s most famous contribution is the theory of forms (or ideas), which has been interpreted as advancing a solution to what is now known as the problem of universals. The scroll is one of m…