A.I. Deciphers Ancient, Carbonized Herculaneum Scroll, Which Could Be a Stoic Text

Herculaneum, an ancient Roman town that was buried in an avalanche of volcanic refuse following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, is also the site of a long-preserved library called the Villa of the Papyri. For hundreds of years, researchers have puzzled over the question of how to decipher the carbonized scrolls entombed within the […]