This week, explore decoded words from charred ancient scrolls, meet heroic frog daddies, see Grand Canyon-size lunar features, and more.

Unlike other ancient texts, which were often copied and recopied over centuries, some of these scrolls are likely originals, preserved exactly as they were nearly 2,000 years ago.

Researchers have successfully generated a digital image of an ancient scroll from Herculaneum that has not been seen in almost 2,000 years. The announcement was made by the Bodleian Libraries ...

A new study reveals the Dead Sea Scrolls may be older than believed, with AI analysis of handwriting styles and radiocarbon dating pushing many manuscripts back to 200 B.C.

A study of an ancient manuscript containing details of various snakes has revealed that the country had more venomous serpents than previously thought.

Science X Science News Wire : Uncovering ancient text from the Oxford Herculaneum scroll -- a press release is provided to you ìas isî with little or no review from Science X staff.

Artificial intelligence is used to find out what some carbonized Herculaneum scrolls say. Reading the Herculaneum scrolls required multiple scientific steps that started with taking extremely high ...

A very different kind of scrolling: Why we’re obsessed with ancient texts Eric Siblin Special to The Globe and Mail Published May 9, 2025 ...

What looks like a log of charcoal is priceless ancient text that's now decipherable thanks to open-source AI. Credit: Vesuvius Challenge The Herculaneum Papyri, an ancient scroll fossilized by the ...

A remarkable ancient papyrus has shed new light on Roman legal proceedings in the Near East. Scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the Hebrew University of ...

Archaeology & History Ancient Scroll’s Secrets Unlocked Using State-of-the-Art Technology With cutting-edge tomography, researchers were able to "digital unroll" the brittle scroll.

Reading the Herculaneum scrolls required multiple scientific steps that started with taking extremely high-resolution X-rays with a photon beam. Next, computer scientist Brent Seales created a ...