Smithsonian Magazine8d
Using A.I., Researchers Peer Inside a 2,000-Year-Old Scroll Charred by Mount Vesuvius’ Eruption
For the past two years, citizen scientists and scholars have been working to reveal the previously hidden texts of the ...
Daily Mail10d
Pompeii's dark omen: Ancient footprints show people had to escape an eruption of Mount Vesuvius 1,800 years BEFORE the one that buried the famous Roman city
Mount Vesuvius' most famous eruption arguably took place in AD 79 ... burying the cities of Pompeii, Oplontis, and Stabiae under ashes and rock fragments, and the city of Herculaneum under ...
eWeek7d
AI Tools Help Decipher Scroll Burned In Mount Vesuvius Volcanic Eruption
Scientists are leveraging a combination of artificial intelligence and X-rays to begin unraveling the mystery of the charred ...
Artnet8d
Researchers Get a Peek Inside Another Herculaneum Scroll That Survived Vesuvius’s Eruption
Researchers have generated an image of text from inside a scroll that was buried in volcanic ash with the ancient city of ...
Gizmodo12d
Footprints Reveal Ancient Escape From Vesuvius—1,800 Years Before Pompeii’s Destruction
The footprints might correspond to Mount Vesuvius’s Avellino pumice eruption, which scientists believe was more powerful than the 79 CE explosion, according to research published in 2006.
The Sun9d
Message on 2,000-year-old scroll burnt to crisp in Vesuvius eruption revealed for first time using incredible technique
AN ANCIENT scroll that had nearly turned to charcoal in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD may be about to have its secrets revealed. After 2,000years, the contents of the scroll can ...
CBS News9d
Herculaneum scrolls breakthrough: Scientists digitally "unroll" 2,000-year-old scroll scorched by Mount Vesuvius
Both towns were decimated by the Vesuvius eruption, and most of the scrolls were so badly charred they were impossible to open. Over the next two and a half centuries, attempts were made to unfurl ...
Artnet9d
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Footprints of People Fleeing Vesuvius Eruption
Archaeologists discovered Bronze Age footprints near Pompeii, showing people and animals fleeing a Vesuvius eruption some 4,000 years ago.
AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano
U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by ...
Yahoo8d
'Incredible moment in history:' Particle accelerator and AI offer first peek inside 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll
A Herculaneum scroll buried by Mount Vesuvius' eruption almost 2,000 years ago is finally legible, now that researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) and a particle accelerator to peer ...