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We read an entire scroll — without ever opening it

PHerc. 1667, sealed since the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and read from beginning to end.

scrollprize.org/firstscroll

More information about the Herculaneum Papyrus Scrolls project:
www2.cs.uky.edu/dri/herculaneu…

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Part of Herculaneum Papyrus 1005 (P.Herc. 1005), col. 5. Contains Epicurean tetrapharmakos from Philodemus' Adversus sapientes ex libris. Original from 1st century(?). Handwritten copy by Giuseppe (?) Casanova 1803-1806. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herculaneum_papyri#/media/File:Tetrapharmakos_PHerc_1005_col_5.png

An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time

PHerc. 1667 has been virtually unwrapped and read from beginning to end — without ever being opened.
Vesuvius Challenge
#books #literature #old_manuscripts
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