Scientists Have Deciphered the Surviving Fragments of a 2,000-Year-Old Philosophical Treatise Frozen in Time by Mount Vesuvius' Eruption

The papyrus manuscript was part of a vast library preserved by volcanic ash. Now, the remaining passages—which examine ethics, knowledge and human nature—are accessible for the first time since 79 C.E.

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Across history, people described the same terrifying night visitor. Today, science calls it sleep paralysis, but many still believe something far darker exists.
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Reuters: Complete text of carbonised Herculaneum scroll unlocked for first time. “Researchers using artificial intelligence and advanced imaging said on Thursday they had achieved the first complete reading of ​a closed Herculaneum scroll burnt by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago. The breakthrough marks a ‌major step toward deciphering hundreds of ancient manuscripts […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/25/reuters-complete-text-of-carbonised-herculaneum-scroll-unlocked-for-first-time/
Reuters: Complete text of carbonised Herculaneum scroll unlocked for first time

Reuters: Complete text of carbonised Herculaneum scroll unlocked for first time. “Researchers using artificial intelligence and advanced imaging said on Thursday they had achieved the first c…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 18 new and 192 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 15 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize the full week's worth of such work, but meantime, here's a #SneakPeek at a new place resource, provided by Gabriel McKee: the so-called "Lchashen fortress". This Urartian fortified structure is located near the modern town of Lchashen near Lake Van. It was inhabited during the late Bronze through Iron Age (16th-13th centuries BCE).

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/952673383

#ancientGeography #ancientHistory #archaeology #DH #gazetteers #HGIS #LOD

🤯 Wow, nerds finally managed to read a scroll that has been sealed since the dawn of time, or at least since people thought togas were fashionable. 💀 The year is 2026: flying cars are still a fantasy, but hey, at least we can virtually unwrap ancient toilet paper. 🏆
https://scrollprize.org/firstscroll #ancienthistory #technology #innovation #archaeology #scrolls #HackerNews #ngated
An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time

PHerc. 1667, sealed since the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and read from beginning to end — without ever being opened.

Vesuvius Challenge
An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time

PHerc. 1667, sealed since the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and read from beginning to end — without ever being opened.

Vesuvius Challenge

Ancient fracture care was practical, tactile medicine.

Without X-rays, antibiotics, modern anesthesia, plates, or screws, healers relied on observation, touch, traction, bandaging, splints, padding, aftercare, and the body’s own ability to knit bone back together.

#Brewminate #MedicalHistory #AncientHistory #HistoryOfMedicine #AncientMedicine

https://brewminate.com/treating-broken-bones-ancient-world/

Treating Broken Bones in the Ancient World

Ancient healers set fractures with traction, splints, linen, wine, honey, and hard-won skill, but infection and trauma set brutal limits.

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