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Volcano-scorched Roman scroll is read for the first time in 2000 years
An ancient Roman scroll has been read for the first time since it was charred in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius two millennia ago, thanks to artificial intelligence and a high-powered X ...
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First words decoded from burnt scrolls that haven’t been read in nearly 2,000 years
The artifact is the fifth intact Herculaneum scroll to be virtually unrolled ... to decode the wealth of information about ancient Rome and Greece contained within the papyri.
Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were More Than Eye Candy—They Were Also Perfumed
Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory ...
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How Roman society integrated people who altered their bodies and defied gender norms
As reported by several ancient sources, including Cicero and Livy, in 204 B.C. the Roman state consulted a set of prophetic scrolls called the Sibylline Oracles on how best to respond to the ...
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AI gives first tantalising look inside a 2,000- year-old Roman scroll
The contents of a 2,000-year-old burnt scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum have been seen for ... which is a competition to read ancient scrolls launched in 2023 by Brent Seales, a computer ...