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Carbonised papyrus fragments from Herculaneum with visible Greek text

How Scientists Are Reading the Herculaneum Scrolls Without Opening Them

Aug 10, 2025-By Caiden Pannell

X-ray scans and AI are recovering ancient Greek writing from the Herculaneum scrolls, including a 2026 reading of one roll’s surviving text.

Carbonised papyrus fragments from Herculaneum with visible Greek text

How Scientists Are Reading the Herculaneum Scrolls Without Opening Them

Aug 10, 2025-By Caiden Pannell

X-ray scans and AI are recovering ancient Greek writing from the Herculaneum scrolls, including a 2026 reading of one roll’s surviving text.

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