Scientists burn their own scrolls to help read 2,000-year-old Herculaneum papyri
Scientists are burning replica scrolls to unlock 2,000‑year‑old Vesuvius‑preserved texts without ever opening them
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Scientists are burning replica scrolls to unlock 2,000‑year‑old Vesuvius‑preserved texts without ever opening them
AI has enabled scientists to read the complete text of a carbonized papyrus scroll destroyed during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.