Scientists are leveraging a combination of artificial intelligence and X-rays to begin unraveling the mystery of the charred ...

After two students correctly identified the ancient Greek word for "purple" in a papyrus scroll charred by the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, they teamed up with a third student to identify about 5% ...

Here are five of the most fascinating facts about the apparitions that took place at the grotto: When Bernadette first saw the beautiful lady in the grotto during the first apparition, on Feb. 11 ...

Researchers have generated an image of text from inside a scroll that was buried in volcanic ash with the ancient city of ...

Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland ...

A breakthrough out of the Vesuvius Challenge builds on past efforts to virtually “unroll” fragile papyrus documents ...

Scholars have deciphered some of the first words from a Herculaneum scroll burned and buried in AD 79 during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. One of the first words, written in ancient Greek ...

The scroll has become carbonated so can't be physically opened, but digital scanners are revealing the invisible words it contains.

After Two Millennium Researchers Finally Digitally Unwrap Burnt Scroll From Mount Vesuvius Researchers recently made a ...