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Screenshot of scrollprize.org: An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time

An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time (scrollprize.org)

1608 points by verditelabs 4 months ago | 353 comments

Vesuvius Challenge announcement page reporting that an entire carbonized Herculaneum scroll has been virtually unrolled and read for the first time.

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Screenshot of scrollprize.org: Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read the first scroll

Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read the first scroll (scrollprize.org)

1287 points by amrrs 2 years ago | 200 comments

Vesuvius Challenge announcement of its 2023 Grand Prize winners, who made the first Herculaneum scroll readable; the 2000-year-old text discusses music, food, and pleasure.

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Screenshot of scrollprize.org: First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by CS student

First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by CS student (scrollprize.org)

1095 points by razin 3 years ago | 204 comments

Vesuvius Challenge announcement that a 21-year-old computer science student discovered the first word read inside an unopened Herculaneum scroll.

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#papyrology on Hacker News

An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time(scrollprize.org)

Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read the first scroll(scrollprize.org)

First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by CS student(scrollprize.org)

An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time (scrollprize.org)

Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read the first scroll (scrollprize.org)

First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by CS student (scrollprize.org)