When the a.d. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius blanketed the southern Italian city of Pompeii […] ...

The painting “The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum” by English artist John Martin, depicting the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Courtesy of John Martin via Wikimedia Commons   Despite ...

A breakthrough out of the Vesuvius Challenge builds on past efforts to virtually “unroll” fragile papyrus documents ...

Scientists are leveraging a combination of artificial intelligence and X-rays to begin unraveling the mystery of the charred ...

Researchers have generated an image of text from inside a scroll that was buried in volcanic ash with the ancient city of ...

Italy's Phlegraean Fields is a hotspot of volcanic activity—an ever-shifting landscape pocketed with acidic hot springs. This ...

A 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is filled with lost words that scholars can now ...

A papyrus scroll carbonised by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius two millennia ago is slowly being read once again thanks to ...

Writing on PHerc. 172 papyrus, found at Roman mansion in Herculaneum, revealed after 3D X-rays and software competition ...

Scientists use artificial intelligence and human expertise to decipher ancient scrolls charred by the volcanic eruption of ...

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The 2,000-year-old scroll was burned to a crisp by the volcano, but advanced technology has helped researchers work out ...