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Major Breakthtrough – Ancient Herculaneum Scroll Deciphered For The First Time

AncientPages.com | October 20, 2023

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - After almost 2,000 years, the first full word from the Herculaneum scroll has been deciphered by a 21-year-old computer science student at the

An ancient Herculaneum scroll, buried and carbonised in the deadly eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, is displayed in Paris, France (Reuters Photo)

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2,000-Year-Old Herculaneum Scrolls Will Be Unwrapped And Deciphered

AncientPages.com | October 8, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists at Britain's national synchrotron facility have harnessed powerful light beams to virtually unwrap and decipher fragile scrolls dating back some 2,000 years