(Credit: Diamond Light Source) A 2,000-year-old Roman scroll, scorched beyond repair ... a series of over 1,800 scrolls burned and carbonized during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. PHerc.

Vesuvius Challenge With the help of artificial intelligence, researchers have revealed some of the text inside a 2,000-year-old scroll that was charred during Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 C.E ...

Learn More. AI has helped decode words from a scroll burned in Mount Vesuvius’ A.D. 79 eruption — without unrolling it. This breakthrough, part of the Vesuvius Challenge, brings lost ancient ...

Ancient scrolls charred by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago may finally be starting to reveal their secrets. UK scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough in their efforts to ...

Burnt to a crisp by lava from Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 ... from the next layer so we can unroll that digitally." Last year, the Vesuvius Challenge announced that three young students had won ...

scorched scroll. With the help of X-ray imaging and artificial intelligence, scientists have peered inside a 2,000-year-old Roman papyrus scroll scorched when Mt. Vesuvius erupted — and they ...

Hundreds of papyrus scrolls were found in the 1750s in the remains of a lavish villa at the Roman town of Herculaneum, which along with neighboring Pompeii was destroyed when Mount Vesuvius ...