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A team used CT scans to read an ancient scroll preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius without unraveling it. https://scrollprize.substack.com/p/new-scans-of-herc
by paulgb 3y ago
A team used CT scans to read an ancient scroll preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius without unraveling it. https://scrollprize.substack.com/p/new-scans-of-herculaneum-papyri-at https://scrollprize.substack.com/p/new-scans-of-herculaneum-...
(Granted, as I understand it there was some AI involved)
- pimlottc 3y agoIt's still a work in progress, so far they've been able to read a single word, but the techniques used are very promising: https://scrollprize.org/firstletters https://scrollprize.org/firstletters