Mysterious scrolls linked to Julius Caesar could be read for first time ever

Fox News ^ | 10/04/2019 | Chris Ciaccia

[Olog-hai]

A pair of 2,000-year-old Roman scrolls believed to have belonged to the family of Julius Caesar, and were buried and charred during Vesuvius’ eruption, have been virtually “unwrapped” for the first time ever.

The scrolls, known as the Herculaneum Scrolls, are too fragile to be handled by hand, so researchers needed to use the X-ray beam at Diamond Light Source, as well as a “virtual unwrapping” software to detect the carbon ink on them.

“Texts from the ancient world are rare and precious, and they simply cannot be revealed through any other known process,” University of Kentucky professor Brent Seales, who led the research team, said in a statement. “The scan session at Diamond Light Source promises to be a key moment in our quest for a reliable pathway to reading the invisible library.”

After they were buried by the Vesuvius eruption in 79 A.D., they were discovered in 1752 “in an ancient Roman villa near the Bay of Naples,” the statement added. There were six samples that were scanned at U.K.-based Diamond Light, including four fragments that are used to train the algorithm.

Researchers hope that the algorithm will eventually be able to figure out what is written on the scrolls, which are housed at the Institut de France. …

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Maybe someday they will find a complete copy of Petronius’ SATYRICON, or a copy of LA BELLA GERMANIE.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***PLAYBOYVUS****

I got a glimpse of that in I CLAUDIUS. Caligula wanted to borrow it. HOT! So hot our local PBS station blocked it out when first shown back in 1980.

[Quilla]

Finally, something to do with those four years of Latin! ;-)

[MaskedMan]

it WAS a shopping list, but you've got the items all wrong...clearly his grocery list would have included the following:

1. Romaine Lettuce
2. Croutons
3. Lemon Juice
4. Olive Oil
5. Eggs
6. Worcestershire Sauce
7. Anchovies
8. Garlic
9. Dijon mustard
10. Parmesan cheese
11. Black pepper

[dfwgator]

[jerod]

"Dear Abby... I feel my relationship with a foreign woman named Cleopatra will turn into a pain in my back... Or maybe several pains in my back... Should I dump her?" -- Caesar, March 15th, 44 B.C.

[Right Wing Assault]

I assumed their "could" means "can". (As in "Today is the first day I could run a marathon")

Letdown. Why not use "might"?

[fuzzylogic]

It’s fascinating that we’re able to unlock secrets that have been in our possession for so long. Only now, with incredible technology, are we able to crack this seal.

[Buckeye McFrog]

A letter from Londinium reporting that the locals were agitating to Brexit the Roman Empire.

And a letter to Pontius Pilate telling him that on second thought let’s just leave that carpenter’s kid who claims to be God alone (returned, postage due).

[mac_truck]

Don't forget to pick up an amphora of two denarii Carolus.

Clever!

[PghBaldy]

“Et Agrum Profusum”

“Nationalibus Orbis Terrarum”

“Legentibus Digestorum”

“Agricolae Almanac”

“Populus”

“Tempus”

(Ignosce mihi, et oblitus es aliquantulus parva linguarum scirem, Google Transferendum)

[Titus-Maximus]

Sounds hoaxy!

Hitler Diaries

[Verginius Rufus]

Actually not the house of Julius Caesar's family, but believed to be that of his father-in-law, Lucius Calpurnius Piso, consul in 58 B.C.

So far I think the scrolls they have been able to read have been works of Philodemus, a philosopher.

[a fool in paradise]

Drink thy Ovaltine

[colorado tanker]

E tu, Civ, ping.

[one guy in new jersey]

Love it. LOL!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks a fool in paradise and colorado tanker. Odd article, apparently these are from the Villa of the Papyri? The fact is, I'm lazy and didn't check, but apparently neither did the author of the article. Good topic for the weekly digest ping.

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[Grimmy]

You were Latin for four years?

When you reverted back, did you keep the dancing ability?

[Quilla]

Yes, like no one is watching! :)

[Red Badger]

Tax records.........................