AI and X-ray imaging unlock philosophical writings from Vesuvius-buried scrolls
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Rachel Goodman
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Researchers using AI and advanced X-ray imaging have achieved the first complete readings of ancient scrolls buried by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The scrolls, from Herculaneum, reveal philosophical writings by key ancient thinkers, including warnings against excessive impulses and reflections on human nature. The breakthrough was part of the Vesuvius Challenge, a global competition leveraging AI tools to decipher the carbonized papyrus scrolls that were previously unreadable.
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· 3 pulledReadings of ancient scrolls, engulfed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius more than 1,900 years ago, have revealed philosophical musings by key thinkers of the time, including warnings against excessive impulses and reflections on human nature
Researchers used AI tools to achieve the first complete viewings of closed scrolls burnt by the eruption that buried the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 A.D.
The breakthrough, which came about as part of the Vesuvius Challenge — a global competition
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