AI Deciphers Title and Author of Ancient Herculaneum Scroll for the First Time

AI Reveals Title and Author of Scroll Burned by Vesuvius That No One Could Read for 2,000 Years

A particle accelerator and AI helped scholars read a scroll buried since 79 AD.

Title Of Ancient Burnt Herculaneum Scroll Identified For First Time In 2,000 Years

Contestants in the ongoing Vesuvius Challenge continue to reveal more information about the calcified scrolls once buried by the ancient eruption.

In a prize competition, they are trying to read texts that were charred in 1979 using the latest AI models.

Secret message on ancient scroll finally deciphered

Researchers working to decipher the contents of a burned, still-rolled scroll have uncovered both the author and the title of the text nearly 2000 years after it was buried in the Mount Vesuvius eruption.The scroll – named PHerc. 172 – is one of hundreds from the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum, which was buried under volcanic debris when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, according to the Vesuvius Challenge, an initiative focused on decoding th…

AI decodes 2,000-year-old Greek scroll’s secrets without opening it

PHerc. 172 is one of hundreds of scrolls found in the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum, buried under volcanic debris of Mount Vesuvius.

Scroll charred by eruption of Vesuvius finally reveals secrets

Using powerful x-rays and AI the ancient papyrus scroll, carbonised and rendered ‘unreadable’ nearly 2,000 years ago, is now legible