The blackened, fragile scrolls cannot be physically opened without severe damage. Researchers have instead used high-resolution scans and computational techniques to "virtually unwrap" them.

Researchers have for the first time virtually unwrapped and read an entire sealed Herculaneum papyrus scroll, carbonized ...

Experts have unraveled substantial new text from two carbonized Herculaneum scrolls, including what may be a previously unknown work by a Stoic philosopher.

The papyrus manuscript was part of a vast library preserved by volcanic ash. Now, the remaining passages—which examine ethics, knowledge and human nature—are accessible for the first time since 79 C.E ...

An 18th-century archaeological dig uncovered a library of intact but charred scrolls. Their contents have been unreadable ...

Researchers have used AI to virtually unwrap and decipher a nearly 2,000-year-old Herculaneum papyrus scroll buried in the AD79 Vesuvius eruption. The technique revealed previously hidden Stoic ...

An ancient beach that was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago has reopened to the public after restoration works. The beach at the Herculaneum archaeological park is ...

Learn how AI and CT scans recovered 22 columns of ancient Greek text from a scroll burned in the 79 C.E. Mount Vesuvius eruption. When researchers partially opened a scroll from Herculaneum, a Roman ...

This Silicon Valley-backed venture is unraveling the mangled remains of scrolls ruined by the 79 C.E. eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed Herculaneum and Pompeii ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Herculaneum victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD were ...

It’s a peculiar historical quirk that the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE which destroyed the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum also created one of the most detailed portraits of the ancient world ...