In a significant archaeological achievement, an ancient Hebrew scroll that was burned in a fire in the distant past and was seemingly impenetrable has finally become readable— and scientists have ...

X-ray scans and AI have meant the inside of ancient scroll can be revealed A badly burnt scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum has been digitally "unwrapped", providing the first look inside for 2 ...

(CNN) — Researchers working to decipher the contents of a burned, still-rolled scroll have uncovered both the author and the title of the text nearly 2,000 years after it was buried in the Mount ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LEXINGTON, Ky. (WDKY) — After 21 years, ...

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(CNN) — The challenge of unearthing lost things and solving inscrutable puzzles is a driving force in the world of science. Such breakthroughs rarely happen in the derring-do fashion of the “Indiana ...

A team of scholars has used cutting edge technology to piece together sections of a 2,000 year-old scroll damaged by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, which killed tens of thousands as it ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WDKY) — After 21 years, cutting-edge technology pioneered at the University of Kentucky is being used to read a 2,000-year-old scroll. The Herculaneum scrolls were burned and buried in ...