"AI Deciphers 2,000-Year-Old Roman Scroll Buried by Mount Vesuvius Eruption"

Researchers have used artificial intelligence to decipher a 2,000-year-old scroll that was scorched in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, winning a $700,000 prize in the process. The Herculaneum papyri, consisting of about 800 rolled-up Greek scrolls, were carbonized during the 79 CE volcanic eruption and have been extensively damaged. The breakthrough could potentially rewrite the history of the ancient world, with the scroll's author believed to be the Epicurean philosopher Philodemus. The next phase of the competition aims to unlock 90% of the scanned scrolls and lay the foundation to read all 800 scrolls.