Researchers Use AI to Read Closed Herculaneum Scroll for First Time

AI just helped researchers read a 2,000-year-old Mount Vesuvius scroll that’s too charred to ever be opened — as X-ray images reveal ancient stoic philosophy

The Vesuvius Challenge is decoding scrolls hit by the 79 AD eruptionAnother scroll has just been partially read by AIThis is despite the scroll being rolled up and severely burnedLook at the ancient PHerc 1667 scroll, recovered from the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum that was smothered by the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD, and you'd think there wasn't much chance of finding out what was written on it. It's rolled up, burned and blackened, …

Lost books by ancient philosophers recovered from 'unreadable' scrolls

Scrolls from the Roman library of Herculaneum that were carbonised by a volcanic eruption have been read in their entirety for the first time, thanks to scans and AI software

Researchers use AI to unlock the complete text of burnt Herculaneum scroll for the first time

The scroll was carbonised by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago

Scientists have just unlocked the secrets of an ancient scroll torched by Mount Vesuvius

After a centuries-long struggle, scholars managed to read five feet of text, using machine-learning methods they hope can unlock further discoveries.

Complete text of carbonised Herculaneum scroll unlocked for first time

Researchers using artificial intelligence and advanced imaging said on Thursday they had achieved the first complete reading of ​a closed Herculaneum scroll burnt by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago.

An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time

PHerc. 1667, sealed since the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and read from beginning to end — the first Herculaneum scroll recovered in full, without ever being opened.