Artificial intelligence helps read scrolls once thought to be destroyed. AI unlocks ancient Roman scrolls buried for 2,000 years by Mount Vesuvius Three students have achieved what seemed impossible for centuries. Using artificial intelligence, they successfully deciphered ancient Roman scrolls that were carbonized by Mount Vesuvius' devastating eruption in 79 A.D. When the volcano erupted nearly two millennia ago, it didn't just preserve Pompeii and Herculaneum under volcanic ash. The intense heat also carbonized over 1,800 papyrus scrolls in a luxury villa's library. The scrolls were...