AI Is 'Unwrapping' Burnt Scrolls From Herculaneum

Published on October 13, 2023

The first word found and translated from an unopened carbonized scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum was announced this week, as part of the $1,000,000 Vesuvius Challenge to read the papyri from the settlement that was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79.

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