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First words decoded from burnt scrolls that haven’t been read in nearly 2,000 years
This week, explore decoded words from charred ancient scrolls, meet heroic frog daddies, see Grand Canyon-size lunar features, and more.
AI Peers Inside Burned 2,000-Year-Old Vesuvius Scroll, Finds ‘Disgust’
A breakthrough out of the Vesuvius Challenge builds on past efforts to virtually “unroll” fragile papyrus documents carbonized into hardened lumps by the volcanic blast.
AI Tools Help Decipher Scroll Burned In Mount Vesuvius Volcanic Eruption
Scientists are leveraging a combination of artificial intelligence and X-rays to begin unraveling the mystery of the charred scrolls.
AI Unlocks 2,000-Year-Old Herculaneum Scroll Carbonized by Vesuvius
An method driven by artificial intelligence is making it possible to read texts scorched and left buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.
AI helps researchers read ancient scrolls burned to a crisp in Vesuvius eruption
Researchers have taken one step closer to understanding the past after they managed to use artificial intelligence to read one of the hundreds of scrolls that were discovered in the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii.
A 'Historic Breakthrough' With Charred Vesuvius Scrolls
After two students correctly identified the ancient Greek word for "purple" in a papyrus scroll charred by the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, they teamed up with a third student to identify about 5% of the philosophical text,
Herculaneum scrolls breakthrough: Scientists digitally "unroll" 2,000-year-old scroll scorched by Mount Vesuvius
Researchers used advanced technology to digitally "unroll" an ancient Greek text on carbonized papyrus, and now they're ...
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'Incredible moment in history:' Particle accelerator and AI offer first peek inside 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll
A 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is filled with lost words that scholars can now ...
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Using A.I., Researchers Peer Inside a 2,000-Year-Old Scroll Charred by Mount Vesuvius’ Eruption
For the past two years, citizen scientists and scholars have been working to reveal the previously hidden texts of the ...
‘Disgust’ among first words decoded in 2,000-year-old charred scroll
Scholars are studying an ancient scroll that has been virtually unrolled 2,000 years after it was burned to a crisp during ...
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Inside Ancient Herculaneum Scroll Seen For First Time Since Vesuvius Erupted 2,000 Years Ago
Researchers have successfully generated a digital image of an ancient scroll from Herculaneum that has not been seen in ...
AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano
U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by ...
Message on 2,000-year-old scroll burnt to crisp in Vesuvius eruption revealed for first time using incredible technique
AN ANCIENT scroll that had nearly turned to charcoal in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD may be about to have ...
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Researchers Get a Peek Inside Another Herculaneum Scroll That Survived Vesuvius’s Eruption
Researchers have generated an image of text from inside a scroll that was buried in volcanic ash with the ancient city of ...
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AI Revives 2,000-Year-Old Roman Scroll Burned in Mount Vesuvius Eruption
Learn how scientists used AI and X-ray technology to digitally open a Roman scroll that was burned and buried during the ...
Herculaneum scroll reveals its secrets after 2,000 years
Scientists hope a mix of artificial intelligence and human expertise will help decipher ancient scrolls carbonized by the ...
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AI is Decoding Oxford's Mysterious Herculaneum Scroll
Among the ancient Greek words identified so far are ἀδιάληπτος (foolish), διατροπή (disgust), φοβ (fear), and βίου (life).