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Magazine Article
Herculaneum Scrolls
2019
Overview
Pliny's letter is the only surviving eyewitness account of the volcanic event that engulfed the Roman town of Herculaneum in waves of gas and rock, permanently suspending its citizens, markets, streets, and homes in place. With support from NEH, Seales and his team of classicists, curators, and linguists are using CT scans paired with virtual unwrapping software and machine-learning tools to see inside the scrolls without damaging them. The open-source software developed by Seales will also be available to other scholars working on damaged manuscripts.
Publisher
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
