Ancient Vesuvius Scrolls Get a 'Digital Unwrapping'

Two millennia after Mount Vesuvius turned a seaside villa's library into charcoal, scientists say they've finally "unrolled" a full ancient text without touching it. Using particle accelerator scans and machine-learning algorithms, a team led by University of Kentucky computer scientist Brent Seales has virtually opened Herculaneum scrolls so fragile they...