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AI helped read a scroll thought lost for almost 2000 years

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Scientists were able to decipher an ancient scroll that turned into a charred piece of papyrus after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. 🌋

For centuries it was thought that the text inside was lost forever, since any attempt to unroll the scroll literally destroyed it. But now researchers have used AI to read the hidden lines without touching the artifact.

😲 As a result, more than a meter of ancient text about philosophy, human behavior, and the search for wisdom was restored. Scientists believe that this could be the work of one of the greatest thinkers of antiquity.

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