Alliterative/Endless KnotNew podcast episode!
We talked to one of the leads on the Vesuvius Challenge, which is driving the efforts to read the carbonized scrolls from Herculaneum. This is a fascinating project and producing really exciting results, and we very much enjoyed our in-depth discussion with Stephen Parsons about his work and the potential for future discoveries.
http://alliterative.net/podcast/2024/03/31/episode-121-the-vesuvius-challenge-with-stephen-parsons
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Episode 121: The Vesuvius Challenge, with Stephen Parsons — The Endless Knot
Buried deep under volcanic ash lie hundreds of burnt scrolls containing texts from the first century. A new project is driving the work to try to read these chunks of carbon, to uncover new works and open new doors into the past. We spoke to one of the leaders of this project, Dr. Stephen Parsons, a