Like the more famous Pompei, Herculaneum was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
In 1752, workmen discovered charred papyri and excavations of them started later. Over the years, attempts have been made to open and read them, but they have disintegrated.
Now, using volumetric scanning, the scrolls are beginning to be "unrolled."
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