Reading the Herculaneum Papyri: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow [1:53:32]

YouTube ^ | November 25, 2019 | Getty Museum

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Hear from experts about the challenges of unraveling and reading hundreds of carbonized papyri scrolls buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79. Classicists David Blank of the University of California Los Angeles and Richard Janko of the University of Michigan discuss early and current attempts to open the fragile layers and decipher their texts, and computer scientist W. Brent Seales of the University of Kentucky shares how advances in technology and machine learning might allow the still unopened ancient book rolls to be "virtually unwrapped" and read. October 19, 2019, The Getty Villa, Malibu, California.

Reading the Herculaneum Papyri: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow | November 25, 2019 | Getty Museum

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Villa dei Papiri, Herculaneum | May 18, 2021 | Keep Smile

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I was going to set the time index to 4 minutes, to skip the intro remarks, but then the first speaker started, and I realized, good info, bad presentation. It gets better, hand in there.

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can you summarize what was said?

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Vesuvius erupted, buried Herculaneum, including the villa, then the buried towns were discovered a few hundred years ago by some workers digging a well for the local gentry.

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What Have The Romans Ever Given US?

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For a good time call Luperica .........

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Dr Lapatin presented this lecture on the sculptures of the Villa dei Papiri at Senate House in London on 28th June 2017 as part of the 'Sculptural Display' lectures, by the Hellenic and Roman Societies. The lecture is introduced by Dr Lesley Fitton, Chair & Respondent at the British Museum.

The sculptures of the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum and beyond
Dr Kenneth Lapatin | October 27, 2017 | Roman Society

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The Villa of the Papyri is a legendary site in the archaeological park of Herculaneum. Darius will take you behind the scenes of the location to a spot recently excavated. The site was first explored by Karl Weber in the 18th century. The spectacular finds from the villa (possibly owned by Julius Caesar's father-in-law, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus) include bronzes (now in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples), frescoes, and 1800 carbonized Greek papyri scrolls. The library. the only ancient Roman library to have been found to date, gave the name to the site, which was copied for the Getty Villa in Malibu, California. On the occasion of the exhibit on the Ville of the Papyri in 2019, Darius collaborated with the Herculaneum Archaeological park and Mailbu Getty to create this unique view of the section of the villa recently excavated and still closed to the public. It is also a chance to explore some of the tunnels that Karl Weber created to make his way through the site, still unearthed. This video gives you a real sense of the material that was deposited from Vesuvius, covering the site.

Explore inside Villa of the Papyri, part of Herculaneum for decorations, terraces, & tunnels!
October 1, 2020 | Darius Arya Digs

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