Secrets in 2,000-Year-Old Scorched Scrolls of Herculaneum to be Revealed with New Tech
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An enormous wealth of knowledge locked within hundreds of ancient papyrus scrolls scorched by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in…
An enormous wealth of knowledge locked within hundreds of ancient papyrus scrolls scorched by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in…
Papyri buried in the eruption of Vesuvius can now be virtually unrolled
TECNOLOGIA – Una tecnologia per leggere i libri senza aprirli. Se l’ultima fatica del MIT (Massachussetts Institute of…
To the frustration of historians, the only library to survive from antiquity is largely unreadable. This new study may help to…
When the ancient resort city of Herculaneum disappeared under more than 65 feet of hot ash and stone in the eruption of Mt.
Physics Photo credit: Teeming with secrets… edella/Shutterstock The recent announcement that European…
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A major breakthrough in the study of the papyrus scrolls buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD and discovered in…
Il 2015 è l'anno internazionale "della luce e delle tecnologie basate sulla luce". Su Nature Communications una ricerca lo…
Naukowcy opracowali metodę, która daje ogromną szansę na odczytanie setek zwojów zwęglonych ponad 1900 lat temu na skutek…
When the wealthy town of Herculaneum was buried in pyroclastic flows from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., organic…
Scientists have used a particle accelerator to read ancient scrolls without unrolling them. The breakthrough could potentially…
Un'analisi non invasiva dei rotoli carbonizzati provenienti dalla villa dei papiri è finalmente possibile: lo studio del CNR di…
X-rays Reveal Hidden Writing In Ancient Scrolls Scorched by Vesuvius…
New submitter Solandri writes: When Mt. Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, it destroyed a library of classical works in Herculaneum.
Physics Photo credit: Close up photograph of Herculaneum Papyrus scroll Herc.Paris.4, an (almost) entire…
Papyrus rolls buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD were discovered 260 years ago in the ruins of Herculaneum. But…
There's rare books and then there's even more rare scrolls. From the BBC: For the first time, words have been read from a burnt…
Sometimes, it takes a massive volcanic eruption to keep a library intact. When the ancient Roman towns of Herculaneum and…
Powerful x-ray technique reveals letters and words on two fire-damaged scrolls from Herculaneum and provides clues to the…
Powerful x-ray technique reveals letters and words on two fire-damaged scrolls from Herculaneum and provides clues to the…
La erupción del Vesubio que arrasó Pompeya y Herculano en el 79AD dejó un tesoro inaccesible bajo la lava y ceniza. Los…