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AI helps decipher first text of “unreadable” ancient Herculaneum scroll

Por: Ars Technica Science October 16, 2023

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Navigate Filter by topic Settings Front page layout Site theme - Oct 16, 2023 9:16 pm UTC / The first words have been deciphered on a charred ancient scroll: πορφυρας which means purple dye or cloths of purple.Vesuvius Challenge/University of Kentucky Hundreds of badly charred ancient Roman scrolls found in a Roman villa have long been believed to be unreadable, but a 21-year-old computer science student at the University of... + full article



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