Inside the AI-Powered Race to Decode Ancient Roman Scrolls

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Inside the AI-Powered Race to Decode Ancient Roman Scrolls

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When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, it buried Herculaneum under 65 feet of hot mud and gas. Now, AI tools are making it possible to read some of the carbonized scrolls that remain behind.