Ancient Scrolls Survive Vesuvius, First Word Decoded: “Purple”

#shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #scrolls #Vesuvius #eruption #carbonized #purple #dye #library #decipher #code #history Nearly 2,000 years after Mt. Vesuvius erupted, burying a wealthy Roman villa, the first word has been decoded from the villa’s ‘unreadable’ scrolls: ‘purple.’ Three contestants won prizes for cracking the carbonized texts, which may reveal more secrets. But the grand $700K prize is still up for grabs in the Vesuvius Challenge.

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