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Berkeley scientists burn modern scrolls to decode 2,000-year-old Herculaneum texts

Researchers develop text-detection algorithms from synthetic scroll models

3 Sep 18 3:00 PM · 5d ago · 2 articles · 1 post · 3 sources · development 3 of 3

Using the carbonized replica scrolls, researchers created synthetic models and adapted advanced software to achieve layer separation and develop algorithms for detecting and recovering text from the actual Herculaneum scrolls.

Researchers develop text-detection algorithms from synthetic scroll models
arstechnica.com

“Douglas Seiler painstakingly sourced papyrus and reed pens from Egypt and traditional lampblack ink from Japan, then paid some high school students to inscribe the papyrus with lines from Star Wars and the Bible and a quote from the '60s sci-fi TV show The Outer Limits.”

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Douglas Seiler UC Berkeley researcherUC Berkeley Research institution

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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 3 claims were published in its stretch

  1. 3 outlets To read 2,000-year-old burned scrolls, scientists burn their own

    first by phys.org, 5d ago · also CP24, University of California, Berkeley

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  2. 1 outlet Ancient scrolls blackened by Vesuvius eruption may be read again

    first by CTV News, 1d ago

  3. 1 outlet Watch scientists decipher burnt scrolls without unrolling them

    first by Nature News, 2d ago

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