The great library of Pompeii is also (slowly) yielding up its treasures, as various imaging techniques are being used to decipher the writing on the rolled-up scrolls that were turned into charcoal by the heat of the volcano. Of course, its unlikely that any complete works will be salvaged, but tantalizing excerpts of various writings have already been gleaned (as seen recently on the History Channel).....
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