Herculaneum texts buried by Vesuvius eruption can be read using x-ray imaging – video

A video reconstruction shows how x-ray imaging can be used to reveal the writing on hundreds of papyrus scrolls buried in Herculaneum by the eruption of Vesuvius in Italy in 79 AD. The carbonised papyri are fragile and would be damaged or destroyed by any attempt to open them by hand to read their contents Continue reading...