Researchers use AI to decipher ancient Roman texts carbonized in deadly Mount Vesuvius eruption

A set of ancient texts destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD has been deciphered thanks to a team of researchers using AI. The nearly 2,000-year-old document was rendered illegible after it was charred in a villa in the Roman town of Herculaneum, near Pompeii. The document was discovered in an ancient […]