AI Cracks the Code of a 2,000-Year-Old Scroll Destroyed by Vesuvius

In a groundbreaking achievement, published in the journal PLOS One, researchers have identified the author and title of an ancient text that lay sealed inside a charred scroll for nearly 2,000 years. Thanks to sophisticated machine learning techniques and high-resolution scans, scholars have successfully “unwrapped” the scroll virtually.

The Lost Scrolls of Herculaneum

In the aftermath of Vesuvius’ eruption, the town of Herculaneum, along with its library, was buried under a…