For centuries, a set of ancient papyrus scrolls discovered at Herculaneum has puzzled archaeologists. Damaged by the famed eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., the scrolls had remained ...

A Roman scroll, partially preserved when it was buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, has been virtually unwrapped and decoded using artificial intelligence.

In deciphering these scrolls, researchers are adding massively to our understanding of ancient thought. Future projects could reveal lost works by Philodemus, Seneca, or even philosophical texts whose ...

New research using an AI model named Enoch suggests the Dead Sea Scrolls may be older than previously thought, dating many to around 200 B.C. instead of 150-50 B.C.

Now, the team hopes to study ancient DNA in even more of the scrolls — at least the ones that they can sample. "There are 25,000 fragments and we could only sample a few," Rechavi said.

For over two millennia, scrolls from the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum eluded analysis. Left buried under the ashes when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, the scrolls were preserved — but … ...

The Dead Sea Scrolls were one of the most fascinating and famous archaeological finds of the 20th century. They were first discovered in 1947 in caves near the ancient Jewish settlement of Qumran.

The characters πορφύραc, ancient Greek for “purple,” were extracted from a Herculaneum scroll carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

Scientists in Britain have harnessed powerful light beams to virtually unwrap and decipher fragile scrolls dating back some 2,000 years — in a process they hope will provide new insights into… ...

I F YOU WANTED to read an ancient Roman scroll, you might reach for a dictionary, and perhaps a magnifying glass. You would probably not think of using a particle accelerator. But that is what is ...