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Using technology to unlock the secrets of ancient scrolls from Herculaneum | 60 Minutes

Name: Using technology to unlock the secrets of ancient scrolls from Herculaneum | 60 Minutes
Uploaded: 2024-03-03T18:50:00-0500
Duration: 1 min 14 s
Description: Technology helps reveal writings charred by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Three students have deciphered passages inside a carbonized scroll from Herculaneum, a city buried by the volcano.

Technology helps reveal writings charred by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Three students have deciphered passages inside a carbonized scroll from Herculaneum, a city buried by the volcano.