ScienceNew method may help read ancient Herculaneum scrolls without unrolling them
Nature reports that researchers made and burned their own papyrus to develop a method that might help decipher unopened scrolls from Herculaneum.
TLDR
Thousands of long-lost ancient scrolls charred by the eruption of Vesuvius might become readable, Nature says. Researchers made and burned their own papyrus to develop a method that, according to Nature, could help read unopened scrolls from Herculaneum without unrolling them.
New method may help read ancient Herculaneum scrolls without unrolling them
Nature reports that researchers made and burned their own papyrus to develop a method that might help decipher unopened scrolls from Herculaneum.
TLDR
Thousands of long-lost ancient scrolls charred by the eruption of Vesuvius might become readable, Nature says. Researchers made and burned their own papyrus to develop a method that, according to Nature, could help read unopened scrolls from Herculaneum without unrolling them.
