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Papyrology

Articles tagged Papyrology.

From Myth to History

From Myth to History: How Ancient Legends Get Tested

Aug 16, 2025-By Caiden Pannell

Troy was excavated, Gilgamesh had a real city behind him, and Ramesses II left a treaty that contradicts his own battle reliefs. Here is...

Carbonised papyrus fragments from Herculaneum with visible Greek text

Herculaneum Scrolls: How AI Reads the Unreadable

Aug 10, 2025-By Caiden Pannell

The Herculaneum scrolls were carbonized by Vesuvius in 79 CE. CT imaging and machine learning are now recovering the Greek text hidden inside them.

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