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  2. PHerc. Paris. 4 - Wikipedia

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    PHerc. Paris. 4 is a carbonized scroll of papyrus, dating to the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD.Part of a corpus known as the Herculaneum papyri, it was buried by hot-ash in the Roman city of Herculaneum during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

  3. Herculaneum papyri - Wikipedia

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    Following the discovery of the Herculaneum papyri in 1752, per the advice from Bernardo Tanucci, King Charles VII of Naples established a commission to study them. [15] Possibly the first attempts to read the scrolls were done by the artist Camillo Paderni who was in charge of recovered items. Paderni used the method of slicing scrolls in half ...

  4. Herculaneum - Wikipedia

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    Between 1752 and 1754, a number of blackened, unreadable papyrus scrolls were recovered from the Villa of the Papyri by workmen. These scrolls became known as the Herculaneum papyri or scrolls, the majority of which are today stored at the National Library, Naples. Although badly carbonized, a number of scrolls have been unrolled with varying ...

  5. Ancient scroll charred by volcanic eruption reveals what ...

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    For centuries, a set of ancient papyrus scrolls discovered at Herculaneum has puzzled archaeologists. Damaged by the famed eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., the scrolls had remained ...

  6. AI reads text from famously inscrutable ancient scroll for ...

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  7. Researchers reveal first full passages decoded from famously ...

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    A total of 15 passages were deciphered from the unrolled scroll. The first word to be decoded, the Greek word for purple, was detected in October 2023 and can be found within the newly interpreted ...

  8. Scroll - Wikipedia

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    In January 2015, computer software may be making progress in reading 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scrolls, computer scientists report. After working for more than 10 years on unlocking the contents of damaged Herculaneum scrolls , researchers may be able to progress towards reading the scrolls, which cannot be physically opened.

  9. AI reveals hidden text of 2,000-year-old scroll

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