A Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time

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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.