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What Happened To The Bodies From Herculaneum, Pompeii's Neighboring City?

What Happened To The Bodies From Herculaneum, Pompeii's Neighboring City?

AlvaroMunozGuzman/Shutterstock At this point, talk of Pompeii life conjures images…
The winning team read more than 2,000 'never-before-seen' texts, which discussed sources of pleasure, such as music, the taste of capers and the color purple

First passages of Herculaneum scroll are DECIPHERED by AI: Students use program to read more than 2,000 words on charred papyrus buried by Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79AD

The famous Herculaneum scroll, charred papyrus found buried by the Mount Vesuvius…
Two computer scientists independently discovered the ancient Greek word for purple within the Herculaneum manuscripts

Herculaneum manuscript is deciphered after 2,000 YEARS: Scientists use AI to read an ancient scroll that was charred during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Scientists have used AI to unravel a 2,000-year-old mystery, deciphering an unopened…