How ancient Herculaneum papyrus scrolls were deciphered

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  • Опубліковано 7 лют 2025

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  • @swthelostarchives
    @swthelostarchives Рік тому +49

    The progress of Ai is insane! This is a great use for it

    • @dhm7815
      @dhm7815 Рік тому +3

      AI is usually a buzzword for computer programming. The programs here do not reprogram themselves or each other, that is, rethink their own or others logic.

  • @global_nomad.
    @global_nomad. Рік тому +29

    would love to see a full documentary on this...hope its being made by someone. PS - frustrated by how everything is labelled AI these days...even if it is not the core software

  • @Caligulashorse1453
    @Caligulashorse1453 Рік тому +9

    This is super exciting! I’ve been keeping up with this project I’m both a historian and theology nerd I can’t wait to see what else they find especially with older religious text

  • @redbarchetta8782
    @redbarchetta8782 Рік тому +9

    I've been following this and man, what an amazing thing to witness. We might be seeing unknown works from some of the greatest in Western thinkers.

  • @sftommy01
    @sftommy01 Рік тому +20

    How many other libraries still lay carbonized and buried in Herculaneum ?
    Where one rich man had a library, his friends and competitors are likely to have had theirs

    • @faithlesshound5621
      @faithlesshound5621 11 місяців тому +4

      So far only part of the top floor of the library supposedly collected by L Calpurnius Piso has been recovered. Those scrolls are all in Greek, so it is presumed that the floor below holds his Latin scrolls.

    • @JohnSmith-en6ev
      @JohnSmith-en6ev 11 місяців тому +1

      Maybe it's all greek 😂

  • @lindaj5492
    @lindaj5492 Рік тому +1

    Thank goodness for the people in this project who caught the ‘science & computing bug’ and have been able to pursue their passion!

  • @Stopcolonizinglebanon
    @Stopcolonizinglebanon Рік тому +9

    Hopefully this will include Aristotle's lost works
    What an incredible project. Im inspired.😮😮

    • @FloatingOer
      @FloatingOer 11 місяців тому +2

      Hopefully one or two works from the "Epic Cycle" can be found as well, as only the Iliad and Odyssey (2/8) have survived till modern age

  • @georgekraus9357
    @georgekraus9357 11 місяців тому +2

    His technology is actually extremely useful for medical imaging, allowing radiologists to see organs and bones in 3D !!!

  • @DreadPyriteBob
    @DreadPyriteBob Рік тому +5

    Bro I have been waiting for them to do this for years!!! The hype is real!!

  • @susanne5803
    @susanne5803 Рік тому +3

    This is breathtaking!

  • @colorbugoriginals4457
    @colorbugoriginals4457 11 місяців тому +1

    I usually insist that tech that seems impossible is coming...but I did not see this one happening. I'd have called this impossible and I'd have been wrong. So incredible, please keep up the good work. 😮

  • @michaelcapeless3268
    @michaelcapeless3268 Рік тому +4

    Not enough detail - but thanks for this - I'd like to know more about how the "scan" was conducted.

    • @lanaecall921
      @lanaecall921 11 місяців тому +1

      So what does it say?.

  • @mafarmerga
    @mafarmerga Рік тому +5

    this is F'ing amazing.
    And I have spent a career in imaging and image processing.

  • @stevefranklin9176
    @stevefranklin9176 Рік тому +1

    Congratulations absolutely astounding work.

  • @wernerkrautler8668
    @wernerkrautler8668 Рік тому

    still unbelievable. great job done.

  • @lindaj5492
    @lindaj5492 Рік тому

    Diamond Light Source is an amazing place to visit, if they’re still doing open days! High security place so you’d need to book well in advance.

  • @horror11
    @horror11 7 місяців тому

    this are byzantine greek letters not koine greek .
    at the time pompei was buried koine greek was used , especially if this texts are older texts from ancient greek.
    the C in porfyrack is the latinised replacement of the greek letter Σ and the omega in the lower word is the replacement for the koine greek letter Ω.
    this byzantine greek letters was not in use before 4th century ad which indicates that pompei was buried at least several centuries later than the official version.

  • @marmieRH
    @marmieRH 9 місяців тому +1

    What does it say on these scrolls?

  • @atrocitasinterfector
    @atrocitasinterfector 11 місяців тому

    hopefully we can do this to find the neural correlates of specific conscious states

  • @stefanigarcia87
    @stefanigarcia87 11 місяців тому

    Estou fascinada! É incrível!

  • @Wallyworld30
    @Wallyworld30 11 місяців тому

    If they can bring back a single lost book from antiquity this will be incredible. Imagine if they find and decipher Ptolemies Biography of Alexander the great. We'd have our first "Firsthand account" of Alexander's campaigns! We know they existed because later Historians cited Ptolemies book as a source.

    • @andrefilipe9042
      @andrefilipe9042 3 місяці тому

      Oh boy imagine if we find a Etruscan dictionary?

  • @cristinabutasimon9159
    @cristinabutasimon9159 Рік тому +2

    So, if they were deciphered what do they say?
    Some people are more thrilled to know the content than the technology used to read them.

    • @juliettelynne5861
      @juliettelynne5861 11 місяців тому

      Couldn’t they give us at least two words?

    • @houseplant1016
      @houseplant1016 9 місяців тому +3

      ​​@@juliettelynne5861They are the rolls of Philedomos of Gadara. Till now, they discovered the (possible, they're gonna check if it's true) real place where Plato is burried and corrected a few mistakes about his life that we saw as a fact. And it also contains him complaining about a foreign artist playing his music in thrace. And that's just 1/3!

    • @ValidatingUsername
      @ValidatingUsername 9 місяців тому

      There are claims and two papers circulating that “lead” likely intentionally introduced into the ink has allowed some sections to be interpolated and then run through an AI translator as well.

    • @LoverSlayer
      @LoverSlayer 9 місяців тому

      @@houseplant1016 where can we read them?

  • @bigwhitedog1991
    @bigwhitedog1991 Рік тому

    Brilliant, congrats and thanks

  • @LUCKO2022
    @LUCKO2022 Рік тому +2

    How?
    I don't understand how it is readable without unwrapping it.
    How are they seeking the ink??

    • @WaterShowsProd
      @WaterShowsProd Рік тому +6

      While not really explained in this video I'm assuming it's similar to an MRI scan. The ink would have a different chemical composition to the papyrus, or perhaps just a higher density, and with a high resolution scan they would be able to separate each layer to digitally unroll it. I would be interested to see a more detailed explanation of the scanning process though.

    • @lindaj5492
      @lindaj5492 Рік тому +1

      @WaterShowsProd Diamond Light Source has lots of info on its website about how it works.

    • @WaterShowsProd
      @WaterShowsProd Рік тому

      Thank you. @@lindaj5492

  • @peterboon8280
    @peterboon8280 2 дні тому

    This turned out to be an ancient restaurant menu. Eat at Luigi's: Pizza with clam sauce, Cranes Nostril's with garlic.....

  • @reneharkamp4309
    @reneharkamp4309 11 місяців тому

    Amsterdam,
    Deeply impressed 😊

  • @ericsonhazeltine5064
    @ericsonhazeltine5064 Рік тому +1

    So tell us what was written.

  • @PrasanthThomas-r7l
    @PrasanthThomas-r7l 3 дні тому +2

    Who came here after finding out that the kid who did this is now on Elon's DOGE?

  • @AlaskaJiuJitsu
    @AlaskaJiuJitsu Рік тому +2

    Hope all translations are released immediately and I pray that the ancient texts from all institutions- from the Vatican to the Smithsonian be translated and released immediately as well. 🙏

  • @ChrisCoombes
    @ChrisCoombes 11 місяців тому

    I know only 3 minutes but I was hoping for a bit more explanation of the steps involved.

  • @dreamerworld1495
    @dreamerworld1495 Рік тому +2

    what they say? I do not read greek. can they be gentle with those who do not speak or recognize the language and at least translate a bit?

  • @johnmclaughlin2392
    @johnmclaughlin2392 2 дні тому

    Luke Farritor, the kid with the glasses is working for DOGE at the moment.

  • @fayekalan
    @fayekalan 4 місяці тому

    Its in greek
    Needs to be translated by AI
    Rosetta stone
    I can't help but wonder if the people who paid the grant expected the scholar to produce a biased work.
    I could read some of it and it wasnt the same as the translation i read .
    Im just saying

  • @matthewgilmore4307
    @matthewgilmore4307 Рік тому

    Fantastic!

  • @d1agram4
    @d1agram4 Рік тому +1

    Nothing on what the scrolls said?

    • @philippedurbecq2419
      @philippedurbecq2419 11 місяців тому

      Les premiers passages d’un texte lisible révèlent des réflexions inédites d’un philosophe grec sur l’effet de la musique sur celui qui l’écoute, des plaisirs du goût et de la vue.

  • @NoahSpurrier
    @NoahSpurrier Рік тому

    Amazing

  • @kevinbyrne4538
    @kevinbyrne4538 Рік тому +3

    The findings were terribly disappointing:
    Butcher: 1 1/2 libra sausage
    Baker: 2 loaves bread
    1/2 libra cheese ...

  • @elcasho
    @elcasho Рік тому +2

    Smart people

  • @IbnBahtuta
    @IbnBahtuta 11 місяців тому

    Let's hope it isn't full of ways to read the entrails of goats.

  • @seanrowshandel1680
    @seanrowshandel1680 Рік тому +1

    No need for a video about this. It's obvious. Everyone knows what you did [already] Just Because you wrote the headline in adherence to standard protocol.

  • @AlexTRat
    @AlexTRat Рік тому +1

    A brilliant testimony to science, imaging software and collaborative computing. But what a poorly made and disjointed short video - surely you can do better than this?

  • @georgiosgusos9919
    @georgiosgusos9919 Рік тому

    ...the writting is greek...and the city s name was heraklia...!!

  • @Am-ih5nf
    @Am-ih5nf 11 місяців тому

    Give us the full translated text or its bologna clickbait

  • @midlifemotox
    @midlifemotox 10 місяців тому

    Deciphered into the same old meaningless nonsense as the Bible. If not,, why aren't we hearing about the context.?? Amazing technology.. However.

  • @JukeBoxDestroyer
    @JukeBoxDestroyer 11 місяців тому

    thank you, white people