Vesuvius Exploded in August—So Why Were Pompeii Victims Wearing Heavy Clothing?

Despite the fact that Mount Vesuvius triggered one of the most infamous ancient tragedies, not everyone agrees on exactly ...
Yahoo

Part of an Ancient Herculaneum Scroll Deciphered by AI 2,000 Years After Eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Part of an ancient 2,000-year-old scroll has been deciphered by researchers using Artificial Intelligence (AI). Three researchers recently won a $700,000 prize for using AI technology to read the ...
Newsweek

Heat from Vesuvius Eruption Made Herculaneum Victims’ Soft Tissue Vanish

The Herculaneum victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD were blasted with such extreme heat that their soft tissue disappeared, scientists have discovered. In a paper released May 27, ...
Men's Journal

Students Use AI to Decipher 2,000-Year-Old Herculaneum Scroll Recovered From Mount Vesuvius

View post: adidas Has the Best Last-Minute Gifts for All the Guys in Your Life—These Are the Ones We're Shopping First Three students have used AI to decipher the initial passages of a Herculean ...
Artnet

A 21-Year-Old Student Has Deciphered the First Word from the Herculaneum Scrolls, Charred in the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius

It’s a peculiar historical quirk that the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE which destroyed the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum also created one of the most detailed portraits of the ancient world ...
Fox News

Mount Vesuvius didn't kill everyone in Pompeii. Where did the survivors go?

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, the volcano's molten rock, scorching debris and poisonous gases killed nearly 2,000 people in the nearby ancient Italian cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. But ...
New York Post

Mount Vesuvius eruption was so hot, it turned victim’s brain to glass

MILAN — The eruption of Mount Vesuvius turned an incinerated victim’s brain material into glass, the first time scientists have verified the phenomenon from a volcanic blast, officials at the ...
IFLScience

Inside Ancient Herculaneum Scroll Seen For First Time Since Vesuvius Erupted 2,000 Years Ago

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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Pompeii’s Graffiti Captures Every Joke, Boast and Argument of an Ancient Roman City Frozen in Time

The roughly 11,000 inscriptions preserved by Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E. offer a glimpse into everyday life in the ...
Daily Mail

First passages of Herculaneum scroll are DECIPHERED by AI: Students use program to read more than 2,000 words on charred papyrus buried by Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79AD

The famous Herculaneum scroll, charred papyrus found buried by the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79AD, has been deciphered by artificial intelligence. The feat was achieved by students in the Vesuvius ...
Yahoo

A young man’s brain turned to glass during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Scientists say they have figured out how

Glass rarely forms naturally from organic materials. However, in 2020, researchers discovered a black, glassy substance inside the skull of a person killed during the eruption of Italy’s Mount ...
CNN

Some Mount Vesuvius victims suffered slowly and one victim’s brain turned to glass, new research says

The remains of those who became trapped by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius tell a story of tragic suffering, according to a new analysis of their bones. On August 24 in the year 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius ...