First words decoded from burnt scrolls that haven’t been read in nearly 2,000 years
The challenge of unearthing lost things and solving inscrutable puzzles is a driving force in the world of science.
Such breakthroughs rarely happen in the derring-do fashion of the "Indiana Jones" films that inspired me to search for lost cities in my childhood backyard.
Rather, some of the groundbreaking discoveries that peel back the layers of history are taking place in labs and on computer screens.
Artificial intelligence is even peering through the most impenetrable of artifacts: ancient, charred scrolls that are too delicate to be unfurled.
Scholars have deciphered some of the first words from a Herculaneum scroll burned and как заниматься арбитражем трафика buried in AD 79 during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
One of the first words, written in ancient Greek, was translated to "disgust.
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