A 2,000-year-old burnt scroll from the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum has been read for the first time using AI and X-ray imaging. The scroll, charred by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, was too fragile to open physically. As part of the Vesuvius Challenge, a project launched in 2023, researchers employed synchrotron X-rays to scan the papyrus, creating a 3D reconstruction, while AI detected and replicated the ink to reveal parts of the text.
The researchers successfully deciphered several columns, including the Ancient Greek word '
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