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How AI Is Breathing New Life Into Ancient Scrolls Burned by Vesuvius

Monk chronicler writes an ancient manuscript

In 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius unleashed a catastrophic eruption that buried entire Roman cities under volcanic ash and lava. Among the ruins of these once-vibrant communities lie ancient scrolls—fragile carriers of history, literature, and philosophy—that were nearly obliterated by the inferno.…