The Herculaneum scrolls, about 1,800 papyrus scrolls discovered in the 18th century, were reduced by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius to charred lumps once thought unreadable.
Sources
- 7 archaeological discoveries that stunned us in 2024 (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.neh.gov/project/reading-invisible-library-herculaneum-papyrus-scrolls (neh.gov)
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-scrolls-mount-vesuvius-eruption-ai-decoding/ (cbsnews.com)
- https://archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2015/digs-discoveries/trenches-italy-herculaneum-papyri-scanned/ (archaeology.org)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4893689/ (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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