Burnt to a crisp by lava from Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, the reams of rolled-up papyrus were discovered in a mansion in Herculaneum — an ancient Roman town near Pompeii — in the mid-18th century.

The couple, whose Palisades home burnt down just days after they attended the Golden Globes , were a vision of glamour at the ...

Bodleian Library The ancient scroll was burnt to a crisp by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius "We're confident we will be able to read pretty much the whole scroll in its entirety, and it's the first ...

AN ANCIENT scroll that had nearly turned to charcoal in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD may be about to have its secrets revealed. After 2,000years, the contents of the scroll can ...

The scroll, which was burnt during the devastating 79AD eruption, is too delicate to be unrolled. However, through virtual unwrapping using AI and X-ray imaging, experts have been able to uncover ...