Nearly 2000 years ago, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE buried a trove of papyrus scrolls. Recently, a team of student researchers has successfully deciphered Greek writing inside a 2,000-year-old scroll that was turned into charcoal during the eruption. This breakthrough was made possible by the use of AI technology, specifically AI algorithms, which recovered text from the charred scroll found in Herculaneum's ancient Roman library. The deciphered documents reveal the thoughts of an ancient Greek philosopher on pleasure. Additionally, this new technology could revolutionize our understanding of the classical past, with the potential to recover more texts from the Herculaneum library scrolls. The research team was awarded a $700,000 grand prize in the Vesuvius Challenge, a competition aimed at deciphering these ancient texts.
Nearly 2000 years ago, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried a trove of papyrus scrolls. Now a portion of the damaged documents have been deciphered, revealing an ancient Greek philosopher's thoughts on pleasure https://t.co/beOtMY2MDg
In breakthrough, parts of Herculaneum scroll, buried by Vesuvius eruption, deciphered https://t.co/g1v1KZeXDF
Researchers decoded ancient scrolls that had been turned into charcoal by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The trio secured a $700,000 grand prize in the Vesuvius Challenge, a competition to decipher the Herculaneum library scrolls. Learn more: https://t.co/ZLEb3301zY
AI TECHNOLOGY UNLOCKS INFORMATION ABOUT THE PAST: AI algorithms have recovered text from a charred, 2,000-year-old scroll found in Herculaneum's ancient Roman library, buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. https://t.co/Avm9vuK9O2
This new technology to read charred scrolls could revolutionize our understanding of the classical past. How ironic if it turns out that the eruption of Vesuvius actually *preserved* sources that have otherwise been lost. https://t.co/VatWer1IUE
Greek writing inside a 2,000-year-old scroll burned during the 79 CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius has been deciphered by a team of student researchers. https://t.co/kWXkuqJWGH
Nearly 2000 years ago, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried a trove of papyrus scrolls. Now a portion of the damaged documents have been deciphered, revealing an ancient Greek philosopher's thoughts on pleasure https://t.co/lE6czUoUR5