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Mysterious scrolls linked to Julius Caesar could be read for first time ever
Fox News ^
| 10/04/2019
| Chris Ciaccia
Posted on 10/04/2019 9:10:44 AM PDT by 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.
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TOPICS: History; Local News
KEYWORDS: ancientrome; archaeology; brentseales; caesar; diamondlightsource; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; herculaneum; herculaneumscrolls; history; juliuscaesar; papyri; pompeii; romanempire; rome; scrolls; uofkentucky; vesuvius; vesuviuschallenge; villaofthepapyri; xray
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To: Olog-hai
Maybe someday they will find a complete copy of Petronius’ SATYRICON, or a copy of LA BELLA GERMANIE.
To: Buckeye McFrog
***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.
To: Olog-hai
Finally, something to do with those four years of Latin! ;-)
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posted on
10/04/2019 9:54:13 AM PDT
by
Quilla
To: duckman
it WAS a shopping list, but you've got the items all wrong...clearly his grocery list would have included the following:
- Romaine Lettuce
- Croutons
- Lemon Juice
- Olive Oil
- Eggs
- Worcestershire Sauce
- Anchovies
- Garlic
- Dijon mustard
- Parmesan cheese
- Black pepper
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posted on
10/04/2019 9:56:27 AM PDT
by
MaskedMan
(The)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
10/04/2019 9:59:02 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Olog-hai
"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.
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posted on
10/04/2019 9:59:40 AM PDT
by
jerod
(Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
To: Olog-hai
I assumed their "could" means "can". (As in "Today is the first day I could run a marathon")
Letdown. Why not use "might"?
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posted on
10/04/2019 10:02:40 AM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
(Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
To: Olog-hai
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.
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posted on
10/04/2019 10:08:18 AM PDT
by
fuzzylogic
(welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
To: jerod
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).
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posted on
10/04/2019 10:08:54 AM PDT
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
To: KarlInOhio
Don't forget to pick up an amphora of two denarii Carolus. Clever!
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posted on
10/04/2019 10:09:03 AM PDT
by
mac_truck
(aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
To: Olog-hai
“Et Agrum Profusum”
“Nationalibus Orbis Terrarum”
“Legentibus Digestorum”
“Agricolae Almanac”
“Populus”
“Tempus”
(Ignosce mihi, et oblitus es aliquantulus parva linguarum scirem, Google Transferendum)
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posted on
10/04/2019 10:11:30 AM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: Olog-hai
Sounds hoaxy!
Hitler Diaries
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posted on
10/04/2019 10:12:48 AM PDT
by
Titus-Maximus
(The trouble with socialism is that you soon run out of other people's zoo animals to eat.)
To: Olog-hai
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.
To: Olog-hai; SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/04/2019 10:16:31 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
To: SunkenCiv
To: dsrtsage
To: a fool in paradise; colorado tanker; 240B; 75thOVI; Adder; albertp; asgardshill; At the Window; ...
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.
Here are the other GGG topics introduced since the previous Digest ping:
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posted on
10/04/2019 10:52:02 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Quilla
You were Latin for four years?
When you reverted back, did you keep the dancing ability?
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posted on
10/04/2019 10:54:53 AM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: Grimmy
Yes, like no one is watching! :)
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posted on
10/04/2019 10:59:46 AM PDT
by
Quilla
To: Olog-hai
Tax records.........................
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posted on
10/04/2019 11:00:36 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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