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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. It was subsequently discovered in excavations of the Villa of the Papyri from 1752–1754.
Buried in ash after Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79AD, the secret of a papyrus scroll kept their secrets hidden for centuries. Now one has been deciphered by AI.
The Herculaneum Scrolls, season 21 episode 6, of PBS documentary program, Secrets of the Dead (first aired Oct. 16, 2024). This page was last edited ...
"Secrets of the Dead: Herculaneum Uncovered" [44] is a PBS show covering the archaeological discoveries at Herculaneum. "Out of the Ashes: Recovering the Lost Library of Herculaneum" [ 45 ] is a KBYU-TV documentary that traces the history of the Herculaneum papyri from the time of the eruption to their discovery in 1752 to modern developments ...
The scroll was one of hundreds retrieved from the remains of a lavish villa at Herculaneum, which along with Pompeii was one of several Roman towns that were destroyed when Mt. Vesuvius erupted in ...
The content of the ancient scroll — found in the 18th century in a Herculaneum villa believed to have been owned by a relative of Julius Caesar — also sheds light on the Roman preoccupation ...
A plan of Herculaneum and the location of the Villa. The Villa of the Papyri (Italian: Villa dei Papiri, also known as Villa dei Pisoni and in early excavation records as the Villa Suburbana) was an ancient Roman villa in Herculaneum, in what is now Ercolano, southern Italy. It is named after its unique library of papyri scrolls, discovered in ...
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