In February 2024, the Vesuvius Challenge named Nebraska senior Luke Farritor as one of three co-winners of its $700,000 Grand Prize for digitally deciphering at least four passages of a 2,000-year-old ...

The contents of this scroll have been unknown for the last 2,000 years. Now, the scroll is thought to be part of an influential multivolume work, titled On Vices , by the Epicurean philosopher ...

With the help of AI, 15 passages have been deciphered from a 2,000-year-old unrolled Herculaneum scroll, providing a glimpse into the thoughts of an ancient philosopher.

The scroll was found in the remains of the Roman town of Herculaneum, roughly 12 miles from Pompeii, and was written by the Greek philosopher Philodemus. advertisement. The Daily Express.

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

The "Ringed Lady" of Herculaneum is one of the most important discoveries from the ancient city that was buried by the ...

One of the first words to be translated in the scanned scroll was the ancient Greek διατροπή, meaning “disgust.” Vesuvius Challenge Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.

The scroll that the team at the Bodleian Libraries recently unfurled is assumed to be on the same subject. "I just love that connection with whoever collected them, whoever wrote them, whoever ...