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Urgent call for help deciphering mysterious Roman scroll charred by Vesuvius – and you could win £400k if you crack it
A MYSTERIOUS Roman scroll could hold the key to unlocking lost knowledge of the ancient world — and a £400,000 prize awaits anyone who can crack it. Known as PHerc.172, the relic was blackened ...
Daily Mail4mon
Ancient papyrus is deciphered after 1,900 YEARS: Mysterious scroll is the 'best-documented Roman court case from Judaea apart from the trial of Jesus'
For the first time in 1,900 years, humans have been able to read ancient text dating from the height of the Roman Empire. The historic text was written on a scroll of papyrus – a material ...
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A.I. Is Decoding a Mysterious, Ancient Herculaneum Scroll at Oxford
Another Herculaneum scroll is being deciphered using X-ray imaging and artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms by a team competing in the Vesuvius Challenge. Among the ancient Greek words ...
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Herculaneum scrolls breakthrough: Scientists digitally "unroll" 2,000-year-old scroll scorched by Mount Vesuvius
London — The Herculaneum scrolls have remained one of the many tantalizing mysteries of the ancient world for almost 2,000 years. Burnt to a crisp by lava from Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 ...
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Mysterious ancient amulet turns out to be oldest trace of Christianity north of Alps
Photo from the Monument Office of the City of Frankfurt am Main / Uwe Dettmar Archaeologists in Germany found a mysterious ancient amulet containing a silver scroll. The fragile note took years ...