The painting “The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum” by English artist John Martin, depicting the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Courtesy of John Martin via Wikimedia Commons   Despite ...

UK scientists made a breakthrough in deciphering ancient scrolls charred by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ...

During Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 C.E., thousands of papyrus scrolls were scorched, rendering their contents unreadable.

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

Scientists are leveraging a combination of artificial intelligence and X-rays to begin unraveling the mystery of the charred ...

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Researchers have generated an image of text from inside a scroll that was buried in volcanic ash with the ancient city of ...

A 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is filled with lost words that scholars can now ...

Researchers used advanced technology to digitally "unroll" an ancient Greek text on carbonized papyrus, and now they're reading it.

A papyrus scroll carbonised by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius two millennia ago is slowly being read once again thanks to ...