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 ...

IF YOU WANTED to read an ancient Roman scroll, you might reach for a dictionary, ... it accelerates electrons to almost the speed of light in a storage ring 562 metres in circumference.

A badly burnt scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum has been digitally "unwrapped", providing the first look inside for 2 ...

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 ...

A badly burnt Roman scroll destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius has been “unwrapped” for the first time in 2,000 years by using AI. The document, which looks like a lump of ...

He first scanned a scroll found in Herculaneum in 2009, but encountered an issue that advances in digital storage would soon resolve: there wasn’t enough space to store the results of the scans.

Nearly 2,000 years after it was buried in Mount Vesuvius ash, a charred Roman scroll has revealed its author and title without even being unrolled. The scroll, named PHerc. 172, is one of hundreds ...

A "historic breakthrough" has been made as researchers have provided the first look inside a burnt Roman scroll in 2,000 years. Researchers have taken steps to decipher text preserved on papyrus ...

Roman Scroll Discovery Reveals Brazen 1,890-Year-Old Crime. Published Jan 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM EST. By . Aristos is a Newsweek science and health reporter with the London, U.K., bureau.

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 ...

I F YOU WANTED to read an ancient Roman scroll, you might reach for a dictionary, ... it accelerates electrons to almost the speed of light in a storage ring 562 metres in circumference.

A badly burnt Roman scroll destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius has been “unwrapped” for the first time in 2,000 years by using AI. The document, ...