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Papyrus scroll burnt to a crisp during Vesuvius eruption deciphered with help of AI | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
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[–] NeilNuggetstrong@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Yeah if I remember correctly, the villa where these scrolls were found housed stoic philosophers or something. It was also originally owned by Julius Caesars father in law.

I actually visited Herculaneum a couple of years ago. Pretty cool sight. You can see the charred wooden beams of this villa sticking out of the dirt cliff. When no one was looking I picked small a charred wooden bit off the ground. Probably shouldn't have done that, but there were lots of these small pieces just lying there on the ground, and I couldn't help myself.