Herculaneum papyri

For years, researchers have been attempting to decode the papyri destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE using the famous “bionic eye”

An Italian researcher believes he has identified the location of Plato's burial place in Athens by analyzing papyri from Herculaneum.

According to the research, led by the Italian papyrologist Graziano Ranocchia of the University of Pisa, Plato is buried in a in a private area in a garden in the Academy, near a sacred shrine to the Muses.

Three researchers on Monday won a $700,000 prize for using artificial intelligence to read a 2,000-year-old scroll that was scorched in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Scientists used advanced X-ray to analyze the composition of the ink markings found on papyrus fragments