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Reading 2000-year-old scrolls unlocks hidden Herculaneum texts
Scientists use X-ray phase contrast tomography at the European Synchrotron to read letters on charred papyrus from the Villa of the Papyri. The method could reveal Philodemus writings and extend to about 700 more scrolls stored in Naples, marking a breakthrough for Epicurean literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Herculaneum
Pompeii
Mt. Vesuvius
Vito Mocella
Institute of Microelectronics and Microsystems
Naples
Mocella
Grenoble
France
Macella
Tists
Philodemus
Virgil
Horace
Cicero
Juergen Hammerstaedt
University of Cologne
Germany