With the help of AI, 15 passages have been deciphered from a 2,000-year-old unrolled Herculaneum scroll, providing a glimpse into the thoughts of an ancient philosopher.
After surviving the eruption\u00a0of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, the nearly 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scrolls would crumble if anyone attempted to unroll them, and surviving pieces with writing were considered to be nearly illegible to the human eye \u2014 until now.
After two millennia, the first full word from an unopened ancient papyri has been decoded with the help of computer technology and advanced artificial intelligence.
Using AI and computer tomography, researchers have pulled one word from the indiscernible 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scrolls, which were burned in the Vesuvius eruption.
Using AI and computer tomography, researchers have pulled one word from the indiscernible 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scrolls, which were burned in the Vesuvius eruption.