Inside of Herculaneum scroll seen for the first time in almost 2,000 years
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The Bodleian Libraries and the Vesuvius Challenge have announced a historic breakthrough in the endeavour to decipher text preserved on papyrus scrolls from the ancient site of Herculaneum. Researchers have successfully generated the first image of the inside of scroll PHerc. 172, one of three Herculaneum scrolls housed at the Bodleian Libraries, which was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The strides made to unroll this scroll mark a significant step forward in our ability to
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