Coverage dated September 21, 2026 to September 22, 2026
Watch scientists decipher burnt scrolls without unrolling them
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Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02920-8 By making and burning their own papyrus, researchers have come up with a method that might help to read glowing text from unopened scrolls from Herculaneum.
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Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02920-8 By making and burning their own papyrus, researchers have come up with a method that might help to read glowing text from unopened scrolls from Herculaneum.
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Charred to a crisp during Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in AD 79, hundreds of papyrus scrolls lie tucked away unread in Italy’s National Library of Naples.The majority of these carbonized artifacts, known as the Herculaneum scrolls, are so fragile that they can’t be physica…
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