Ecologia Digital

#Archaeology is the coolest science these days:

"This will lay the foundation for one day being able to scan and read all 800 scrolls discovered so far, as well as any additional scrolls that are unearthed should the remaining levels of the villa finally be excavated."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/deciphered-herculaneum-papyrus-reveals-precise-burial-place-of-plato/

Deciphered Herculaneum papyrus reveals precise burial place of Plato

Various imaging methods comprised a kind of "bionic eye" to examine charred scroll.

Ars Technica
Apr 27, 2024 at 9:42amWeb
Show threadEcologia DigitalApr 30, 2024
"The #wholecemeteryDNA approach made it possible to reconstruct entire family trees. The 9-generation tree stretched from a founding male buried not long after the #Avars first arrived to a descendant 250 yrs later. The approach “made these people really come to life… how they organized their communities—something we never would see through written sources or #archaeology alone.”
https://www.science.org/content/article/massive-dna-study-reveals-mating-customs-mysterious-medieval-horse-riders