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  • AI Is ‘Unwrapping’ Burnt Scrolls From Herculaneum

    AI Is ‘Unwrapping’ Burnt Scrolls From Herculaneum

    The first word found and translated from an unopened carbonised scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum was announced last week, as part of the $US1,000,000 Vesuvius Challenge to read the papyri from the settlement that was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79. The word was purple. It was found first by…