A Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time
Herculaneumancient historyscrollX-raysmachine learningpapyrusStoic philosophy
Author: verditelabs
Date: 6/25/2026
Article Summary:
Researchers have virtually unwrapped and read the first Herculaneum scroll, PHerc. 1667, without touching its pages, using high-resolution X-rays and machine learning to recover the text.