AI is virtually unwrapping the past

For centuries, the Herculaneum scrolls, a collection of ancient papyri buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, remained a tantalizing mystery. The intense heat carbonized the scrolls, rendering them too fragile to unroll and the writing nearly invisible. However, a recent breakthrough in artificial intelligence (AI) has unlocked a treasure trove of knowledge, revealing the first full...

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