AI Deciphers 2,000-Year-Old Herculaneum Papyrus Scroll

Scientists have successfully deciphered a 2,000-year-old papyrus scroll from Herculaneum, which was carbonized during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, using artificial intelligence. This breakthrough allowed the complete text of the scroll to be read for the first time without physically unrolling it.

28 Jun, 05:10 — 28 Jun, 05:10

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Times of IndiaMostly Factual3d ago

AI helps read 2,000-year-old papyrus scroll PHerc 1667 as scientists fully unwrap it

Scientists have fully unwrapped Herculaneum scroll PHerc. 1667 using AI, reading 1.5 metres of ancient Greek text without touching it. Once deemed unreadable, the 2,000-year-old scroll—charred by Mount Vesuvius—reveals a lost Stoic treatise on ethics, possibly by Chrysippus. A second scroll confirms Philodemus' "On Gods" ran to eight books. The Vesuvius Challenge now offers a $1 million prize to decode another scroll.

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First report: dnevnik-bg · 27 Jun, 08:02|Full coverage: 7 · 21h|Window: 21h

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dnevnik-bg27 Jun, 08:02First to report

Тайните на Херкулан: алгоритмите четат изгорели ръкописи

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vijesti-me27 Jun, 13:56

Prvi put pročitan kompletan tekst ugljenisanog svitka iz...

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telex27 Jun, 16:21

Úgy sikerült elolvasniuk kutatóknak egy kétezer éve megégett papirusztekercset, hogy igazából nem is nyitották ki

helsingin-sanomat27 Jun, 17:00

Paleontologia | Jo neandertalinihminen osasi poistaa hammasmätää, vihjaa kolo muinaisessa hampaassa

rzeczpospolita27 Jun, 17:23

Po raz pierwszy odczytano cały zwój z Herkulanum. Przełom dzięki sztucznej inteligencji

5h later

n1-serbia27 Jun, 21:53

Svitak koji je potpuno izgoreo tokom erupcije Vezuva dešifrovan uz pomoć veštačke inteligencije

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Times of India28 Jun, 05:10Latest update

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AI Deciphers 2,000-Year-Old Herculaneum Papyrus Scroll

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AI helps read 2,000-year-old papyrus scroll PHerc 1667 as scientists fully unwrap it

Coverage Timeline

Тайните на Херкулан: алгоритмите четат изгорели ръкописи

Prvi put pročitan kompletan tekst ugljenisanog svitka iz...

Úgy sikerült elolvasniuk kutatóknak egy kétezer éve megégett papirusztekercset, hogy igazából nem is nyitották ki

Paleontologia | Jo neandertalinihminen osasi poistaa hammasmätää, vihjaa kolo muinaisessa hampaassa

Po raz pierwszy odczytano cały zwój z Herkulanum. Przełom dzięki sztucznej inteligencji

Svitak koji je potpuno izgoreo tokom erupcije Vezuva dešifrovan uz pomoć veštačke inteligencije

AI helps read 2,000-year-old papyrus scroll PHerc 1667 as scientists fully unwrap it

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