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Jun 24, 2026

AI technology enables reading of an ancient scroll carbonized in the Mount Vesuvius eruption

Researchers have successfully used artificial intelligence to virtually unwrap and read an ancient papyrus scroll that was carbonized nearly 2,000 years ago during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, unlocking secrets from the fragile, previously unreadable text.

Jun 24, 2026·2 sources
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  • ▪The virtual unwrapping of scroll PHerc 1667 is the latest achievement of the Vesuvius Challenge, with results scheduled to be announced at a conference in Naples on June 25, 2026
  • ▪Another virtually unwrapped scroll from the Herculaneum collection contained the words "Philodemus, On Gods, Book 8", revealing that "On Gods" was a multi-book work
  • ▪Analysis by Dr. Federica Nicolardi and colleagues suggests the text of scroll PHerc 1667 is a stoic treatise potentially authored by the Greek philosopher Chrysippus

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