The Herculaneum scrolls were discovered in the 1700s. It's taken centuries for researchers to read one of them in its entirety.

Learn how experiments with homemade scrolls could help reveal lost writing in the Herculaneum library buried by Mount ...

A team of researchers created their own contemporary model papyrus scrolls—charring them just like the originals—to validate ...

Using X-ray technologies and custom-made software, researchers were able to read text they wrote on a fake ancient scroll ...

X-ray technology and artificial intelligence—along with the discovery of lead in the ink of fragments from a collection of ...

In a remarkable fusion of ancient and modern techniques, scientists have burned contemporary scrolls to unravel the secrets ...

Douglas Seiler painstakingly sourced papyrus and reed pens from Egypt and traditional lampblack ink from Japan, then paid ...

Scientists say lead-based ink could help recover lost texts hidden inside the ancient Herculaneum scrolls without unrolling them.

Experiments with charred replica scrolls show lead-based ink makes carbonized Herculaneum texts visible to X-ray scans, ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Hundreds of badly charred ancient Roman scrolls found in a Roman villa have long been believed to be unreadable, but a 21-year-old computer science student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has ...

Drawing of a camel found in the Samnite House (V.1.) in Herculaneum (all images courtesy Ministero di Beni Culturali of Italy unless otherwise noted) When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, burying ...