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AI and imaging reveal complete Herculaneum scroll text

Published 25 June 2026

For the first time, researchers have successfully read the complete text of a sealed Herculaneum scroll without physically opening it, using artificial intelligence and advanced imaging to recover a philosophical work that survived the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago.

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