ANNOUNCEMENT: The Journey to read the Herculaneum Scrolls

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9 ай бұрын

The Herculaneum scrolls are among the most iconic and inaccessible of the world’s vast collection of damaged manuscripts. Burned and buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, they offer a unique window to the ancient world. Unfortunately, they are too fragile to unroll.
For more than two decades, Seales and his dedicated team - of staff and student researchers with the Digital Restoration Initiative, part of EduceLab - have doggedly labored to create high-tech, noninvasive tools to rescue hidden texts and restore them to humanity.
In March, as part of a global competition (Vesuvius Challenge), Seales’ team released its software and thousands of 3D X-ray images of two rolled-up scrolls and three papyrus fragments.
The hope is, $1 million in prizes will encourage global researchers and scholars to build upon the AI technology and accelerate the decoding of the only intact library to survive from ancient times.
Now, thanks to modern technology and Seales’ determination, this 20-year quest to read the “unreadable” has been made possible.
* This is a re-broadcast of the livestream from University of Kentucky, Pigman College of Engineering
Find out more @ www.engr.uky.edu

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@LordTelperion 8 ай бұрын

This is like recovering some part of the Library of Alexandria!

@JacquesMare 9 ай бұрын

I don't understand why there's only 315 "likes" for this video. Why more people dont appreciate extraordinary achievements made by these people is beyond me. To all these researchers, engineers linguists and papyroligists.... you are Rockstars in my eyes.

@sba8710 8 ай бұрын

They need a better title and a catchy opening. It starts out as a middle school video. They need social media experts. Is how to make papyrus the most compelling thing of this video? No there is a volcano.

@atlantic_love 7 ай бұрын

@@sba8710Lol no we don't need more social media. And they should have waited until more came out from this study, instead of padding it with animations on making a scroll. You types that everything rushed, and presented with influencers. 😅😅😅😅😅

@evamaisoumenosgood 6 ай бұрын

Give it time. Now there are plenty more likes.

@johncarlin9540 9 ай бұрын

I was just in Pompeii and was told there was speculation that there is a large library there to be unearthed.

@79klkw 8 ай бұрын

Wow, i only dream of being in a crowd with THIS type of gossip! It seems like you found the people who have better things to do than gossip about how big, "so and so's", butt has become!

@phil20_20 8 ай бұрын

Speculation... 😅 Ya Think?

@lilmike2710 4 ай бұрын

Nothing will ever be made public until there's an assurance that any narratives aren't contradicted.

@thomasliepsner5669 4 ай бұрын

@joebombero1 19 күн бұрын

Many of the scrolls were found in boxes, as if they were in the process of being moved, perhaps evacuated. This hints at another location, perhaps a larger library elsewhere in the villa, or perhaps a safe room where many scrolls may have been moved to protect them better. It is thought that less than half the villa may have been excavated and the villa may have an entire floor yet to be excavated.

@FlambartPhotography 9 ай бұрын

In ancient Herculaneum's buried tomb, Where Vesuvius sealed scrolls in ashen gloom, A treasure trove of knowledge, lost in time, Inscribed on scrolls, in prose and verse sublime. The papyrus, a vessel of the past, Preserved in layers, volcanic shadows cast, In cryptic texts, they speak of lives long gone, A silent echo of wisdom to pass on. Unearthed from ashes, secrets long concealed, The Herculaneum Scrolls, a prize revealed, Inscribed with tales of science, art, and lore, They whisper truths of times we must explore. In scrolls, a window to an ancient age, A gift from history's long-forgotten page, A legacy of knowledge, now unfurled, From Herculaneum, the secrets of the world. - Flambart the Flamboyant

@EvilSewnit 9 ай бұрын

That’s a good poem

@sforza209 8 ай бұрын

Over here freestylin nd stuff. Nice! Lol

@OldHeathen1963 5 ай бұрын

Wonderful!

@archaeoraptor6140 8 ай бұрын

I want to thank the entire team for their dedication and vigor in unlocking the mysteries of the Herculaneum scrolls. You guys are truly doing amazing work. Seeing these pictures is making me very happy indeed. Thank you, and good luck! I'm sure a completely unwrapped scroll is now on the horizon!

@BillEdwards4 6 ай бұрын

This is incredibly exciting to me! This is wonderful work, and Dr. Seales and his dedicated team deserve our united gratitude.

@devansmith691 9 ай бұрын

This is an amazing achievement, whatever the scrolls end up reading

@atlantic_love 7 ай бұрын

The scrolls don't read anything. They contain written information.

@quentinstacy35 9 ай бұрын

well done to Seales and team. Brilliant advancements!

@wandapease-gi8yo 9 ай бұрын

As one of those who was told for years that the people from Herculaneum mostly got away free while the people of Pompeii did not it is incredible to see all this done!

@Reyajh 9 ай бұрын

My gosh! This is soo awesome!!! How many scrolls may lie hidden amongst the ashes of ancient volcanoes? Those scrolls of old.., which bear stories untold.

@craigfairweather3401 8 ай бұрын

I also feel sorry for the servants who were tasked with trying to rescue these scrolls during the eruption and only got some of the carrying boxes as far as the hallway. The master of the villa must have realised that there were only a few or no other copies of some of Philodemus of Gadara’s writings.

@joonzville 9 ай бұрын

This is so fascinating and exciting! I want to read these scrolls, too!

@ellen4956 2 ай бұрын

This is fantastic work! I'm glad to know there are hundreds more to read after they finish this one. It's brilliant to leave the ones that are still in the ground buried until they've made more progress through these, so they stay preserved where they have been all these centuries. But I hope we get to read them in my lifetime. What a wonderful thing to live in an age where these things are possible!

@MagnaMater2 9 ай бұрын

Oh, this is indeed very good news. :) Congratulation for succeeding to make the ink visible.

@latetotheparty4785 9 ай бұрын

We can read hieroglyphs written on papyrus that are 4500 years old, looking fresh and clear. I can’t get my research papers off a floppy that’s a whopping 25 years old.

@clairerobsin 9 ай бұрын

Magnificent work!

@jamesberdine8574 3 ай бұрын

It will amazing to read what is on the scrolls. I expect some of it will be every stuff like shopping lists and household accounts. But the rest of it will answer questions we have puzzled over and maybe some plays we know were written but we don’t have a copy. The possibility’s seem mind blowing. Great work to all who made this possible!

@DavidSaundersPosts 9 ай бұрын

Great piece. Can’t wait to see the results.

@chappellroseholt5740 9 ай бұрын

Good evening from the beautiful SF Bay Area. Wowowowowow!!! This is so fantastic I can hardly type. I cannot wait to see the near future results of the work of these brilliant young people. Congratulations on your awards.

@lipingrahman6648 9 ай бұрын

I hope there is a copy of a dictionary and grammar on Etruscan that was written by the emperor Claudius. If it is there then we can finally read all the Etruscan texts.

@christopher4098586 8 ай бұрын

Wait, how many etruscan texts are preserved?

@lipingrahman6648 7 ай бұрын

@@christopher4098586 there are many stones and slabs with Etruscan writing that we can’t translate yet.

@ceemac5656 Ай бұрын

So fascinating! Congratulations to the winners so far, keep going! The world awaits! Dr. Seales, a real Indiana Jones trailblazer and champion of fostering young minds in technology, thank you!

@rioborzeli147 9 ай бұрын

What a great moment in time .

@GoobNoob 9 ай бұрын

Wow. This is absolutely amazing... I can't believe we are here.

@nitab1971 9 ай бұрын

Very exciting!! I'm thrilled to know that purple mattered. Just wonder how.

@saladdays180s9 8 ай бұрын

Historically, purple was usually reserved for royalty, so probably along those lines, but who knows. Its really exciting.

@PenelopeFluffington 8 ай бұрын

A small sea slug that existed on one small island off the coast of Africa was the sole source of the colour to dye fabric. It took thousands of them to extract a minuscule amount of dye by crushing and drying them. Therefore purple dye was perhaps the most expensive commodity in the world and was almost exclusively reserved for silks worn by emperors and monarchs. Purple was important.

@scottlund4562 6 ай бұрын

How about scanning the scrolls at different temperatures and hoping the ink signature comparisons will vary more from the foundation? Kind of like thermal spectrometry instead of light.

@ernestintownandjackintheco1024 4 ай бұрын

I saw recently that the villa of Pliny the Elder (killed in the eruption) is believed to have been found. Surely he must have had a library there.

@RF_Micrwave 2 ай бұрын

Nice work, I am from the city of Gadara that is now in Jordan, home town of Philodemus of Gadara, please hurry and publish his writing.

@eugenio1542 4 ай бұрын

Fascinating. I saw a doccie on similar work on the dead sea scrolls. ? 🤔

@nataliejagger545 8 ай бұрын

Why the loud music? This is an interesting documentary with facts and explanations. The background music is unfortunately spoiling it.

@ruperterskin2117 8 ай бұрын

Cool. Thanks for sharing.

@rrizo6846 5 ай бұрын

Love this but still bothers me they destroyed most of these scrolls back then trying to read them, can't imagine what was lost out of incompetence

@1papester 8 ай бұрын

Fascinating!

@mamor8292 8 ай бұрын

I would be totally satisfied if they discover just the lost history of Livy!! I would not ask for anything else!!

@Trismhmm 8 ай бұрын

Is this proof that the Herculaneum scrolls which existed in the Library of Alexandria could still be readable!!!?? Sooooooo coooool ❤ either way

@MrChristianDT 4 ай бұрын

It'll be great if we happen to get anything new about the cultures of the Celts or Germans from these scolls.

@jakelm4256 2 ай бұрын

For the love of god, please let there be Aristotle’s exoteric dialogues or book 2 of Poetics.

@bonnie9131 8 ай бұрын

Libraries are organized by subject and author if the library can be mapped that may be a clue on content.

@phil20_20 8 ай бұрын

The Particle Accelerator, 🤦 and you thought it was too expensive!

@johncarlin9540 9 ай бұрын

What about potential scrolls in Pompeii?

@masterblaster7688 9 ай бұрын

U r cute😘

@Twistinater Ай бұрын

It is most likely far fetch to have knowledge in some of the scrolls form a library form Alantis. Can you imagine if there is knowledge form Alantis in some of the scrolls?

@goodwind6256 7 ай бұрын

How amazing ! ❤

@theomnisthour6400 8 ай бұрын

Think the Dead Sea Scrollls were earthshattering? You ain't seen nothing yet

@MyLife-hl4or Ай бұрын

And if there is anything in there we should know, it'll be hidden - again.

@robert-skibelo 8 ай бұрын

The pictures, interviews and discussions are very good, though the technical content does not go very deep (as is obvious from the start, where we are told what papyrus is). It's probably best to read the wikipedia article "Herculaneum papyri" first for a summary of the significance of the papyri and a better understanding of the technology used to read them. As videos go, this is a good one. It's just that video is an inherently inefficient medium for presenting even a modest level of technical detail.

@joeyortiz13 Ай бұрын

😮 So they taught the computer how to recognize and only read a specific ink

@vegascorp 8 ай бұрын

What was the close up of!

@KKollective 5 ай бұрын

3:39 the music makes it very difficult to hear

@billdombrowski8372 6 ай бұрын

The woman moderator....unbelievable!!!

@rntablette9388 9 ай бұрын

what the point to cover the voices of the speakers with noise ? do you teach with music and noises in us universities ?

@Dude0000 8 ай бұрын

Yeah, that was really annoying.

@Meg0307 4 ай бұрын

Probably to avoid youtube copyright infringements and having the video removed.

@GoobNoob 9 ай бұрын

1.8k views 5 days ago

@OldHeathen1963 5 ай бұрын

I want to know!

@gumbycat5226 9 ай бұрын

John Lennon's first word in song was "Hello". He must have come from Herculaneum.

@Mercury-Wells 9 ай бұрын

What?

@pwood5733 8 ай бұрын

The foreground music is a bit much

@tortysoft 6 ай бұрын

Spoilers - it says "Purple".

@sev-nutz8524 6 ай бұрын

Maybe guy from UK can discover a better taste in suits

@ofunnaturalbirth 9 ай бұрын

Why are there no comments on this?!

@raybod1775 9 ай бұрын

Now there are comments, this video finally came up! Intelligent videos only cone up after all the animal and dumb human videos get rejected.

@petergianakopoulos4926 8 ай бұрын

It's promo material

@arofibook 3 ай бұрын

Would have been better without the loud incessant, irritating music in the background. Had to turn it off.

@clintonslayton4512 8 ай бұрын

The reason for the low "likes" is probably because the resolution is at the lowest level, totally blurred.

@danielpaulson8838 8 ай бұрын

Leviticus? Rats. Of all the desert dwellers books that could disappear for a better world.

@petergianakopoulos4926 8 ай бұрын

Fluke.

@bunjijumper5345 7 ай бұрын

Why would you list the length of the papyrus in meters and not in feet? This is an American channel aimed at an American audience, so why not use American measurements? I had to turn the video off right after you disrespected the audience.

@user-xc9bh9ic1j 5 ай бұрын

Scientia non habet inimicum nisi ignorantem

@tr33m00nk 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, "bunjijumper" says it all.