The document charred by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is being 'unwrapped' using X-ray scans and AI.

Scientists have been able to read a badly burnt ... scroll. After that, artificial intelligence is used to help identify the ink on the scroll, which is easier said than done, as both the papyrus ...

Burnt to a crisp by lava from Mount Vesuvius ... to digitally unroll and start reading one of the ancient scrolls. The scroll in question, known as PHerc. 172, is one of three stored at the ...

The scroll, which was burnt during the devastating 79AD eruption, is too delicate to be unrolled. However, through virtual unwrapping using AI and X-ray imaging, experts have been able to uncover ...

X-ray scans and AI have meant the inside of ancient scroll can be revealed A badly burnt scroll from the Roman ... which are made from a thick paper-like material called papyrus, were prised ...

A badly burnt scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum ... In the past, some of the documents, which are made from a thick paper-like material called papyrus, were prised open but they crumbled ...