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AI helps researchers win $700k by decoding contents of 2000-year-old Roman scroll!

While many know the tragedy of Pompeii, Vesuvius also consumed nearby Roman cities, including the a…

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3 students won $700,000 for using AI to translate 2 tweets worth of text from previously unreadable ancient scrolls

The Herculaneum papyrus scrolls, preserved by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, could "completely rewri…

Lakshmi Varanasi   


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AI is setting humanity on the path to a new age of discovery

Recent developments have shown how algorithms can help humans decipher ancient papyrus scrolls and …

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A former SpaceX intern and 2 other students won $700,000 for deciphering a 2,000-year-old papyrus scroll using AI. Here's what it said.

Students unlocked the ancient secrets of the Herculaneum Scrolls with AI technology and won a grand…

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A 21-year-old won $40,000 for using AI to read the first word on a 2,000-year-old papyrus scroll buried by Mount Vesuvius

A 21-year-old undergrad won $40,000 as part of the Vesuvius Challenge by reading the first word in …

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2,000 mummified ram heads left in honor of Egypt's most powerful pharaoh are found inside an ancient temple

The mummified finds were discovered in the King Ramses II Temple of Abydos, located roughly 270 mil…

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