HOW AI IS REVEALING LOST SECRETS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.

Scholars are using AI technology to read ancient papyrus scrolls that were previously too fragile to open. The breakthrough has the potential to rewrite history by revealing lost secrets of the ancient world. One competition, called the Vesuvius Challenge, offered a cash prize for participants who could develop programs to interpret 3D scans of the scrolls and detect writing on the charred material. A team of competitors successfully used AI to reveal 15 columns of text from a scroll buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, exceeding the challenge's original goal. The progress made so far has excited scholars and could lead to the discovery of lost masterworks of Greek and Roman history, philosophy, and literature. [Extracted from the article]