First glimpse inside burnt scroll after 2,000 years

vm_adminFebruary 5, 2025

Alison Francis

Senior Science Journalist

Vesuvius Challenge Three sections of a grey scroll with tattered edges are shown with traces of black writing visible. — X-ray scans and AI have meant the inside of ancient scroll can be revealed

A badly burnt scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum has been digitally “unwrapped”, providing the first look inside for 2,000 years.

The document, which looks like a lump of charcoal, was charred by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD and is too fragile to ever be physically opened.

But now scientists have used a combination of X-ray imaging and…

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