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Title of work deciphered in sealed Herculaneum scroll via digital unwrapping

https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/title-work-deciphered-sealed-herculaneum-scroll-digital-unwrapping

#HackerNews #Herculaneum #Scrolls #DigitalUnwrapping #AncientTexts #Archaeology #NewsTech #History

this vesuvius challenge is very impressive! reading charred papyri from herculaneum ...

#geschichte #history #archaeology #archäologie #archéologie #vesus #pompei #herculaneum

#^X-ray reveals ancient Greek author of charred first century BC Vesuvius scroll

Ink traces show text is part of work by Epicurean philosopher Philodemus, burned during AD79 volcano eruption

Casa dell'Atrio a Mosaico, Ercolano, 1935 - Carcavallo Foto Cartolina

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/casa-dell-atrio-a-mosaico-ercolano-1935-carcavallo-foto-cartolina-221804311.htm

#Ercolano #Herculaneum #Cartoline #Postcards

Sepia real photographic postcard showing a view of the Casa dell'Atrio with its mosaic floor in Herculaneum or Ercolano in Campania, Italy.

Published by Vincenzo Carcavallo, Napoli, No 2, 1935.

Postally unused.

Very good condition, with very slight corner bumps, but tiny crease to top right corner.

#Herculaneum reopens the House of the Tuscan Colonnade and the House of the Wooden Sacellum after more than 25 years
#restoration #conservation
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/herculaneum-reopens-the-house-of-the-tuscan-colonnade-and-the-house-of-the-wooden-sacellum

In 2016 we booked a reasonably late deal cruise on the fairly new ship Royal Princess for a week in the Mediterranean. Mediterranean cruises are port-intensive ones so we had a stop on the very first day at Naples. We opted to take a tour that visited a cameo workshop then took us on a guided walk around Herculaneum. Herculaneum, like Pompeii, was buried under volcanic ash in 79 CE when Vesuvius erupted.

#Travel #Photography #TravelPhotography #Italy #Herculaneum #Ercolano #Naples #History #Roman #Vesuvius #Volcano #Cruise

We're in the ruins of an ancient Roman city looking along a narrow street between buildings. The walls either side aren't fully intact with parts barely above head height and they're made of pale, sandy-coloured bricks, mostly arranged as expected but some at angles to form diamond or diagonal patterns. The street consists of narrow strips of flat, raised pavement either side of a recessed surface with a slight curve on it up towards the centre, made of larger blocks of cobblestones. It's about the width of a cart pulled by a single horse. There are some tourists gathered towards the end of the street and one woman is walking this way on the opposite pavement to us. A raised bank at the end of the street is topped by tall thin trees against the patchy sky and more trees at ground level can be seen over the top of the corner of the wall to the left of us. A sign on the wall reads "Insula VI."

Ancient “glass brain” mystery: how Mount Vesuvius turned a man’s brain to glass

In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted, killing thousands. One victim, a man in his early twenties, was found in bed inside a building known as the Collegium Augustalium. Scientists uncovered his remains in the 1960s and made a baffling discovery—his skull contained fragments of what appeared to be a black, glass-like material...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/ancient-glass-brain-mystery-herculaneum/

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Ancient “glass brain” mystery: how Mount Vesuvius turned a man’s brain to glass

In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted with devastating consequences, wiping out the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum and killing thousands. One victim, a man in his early twenties, was found in bed inside a building called the Collegium Augustalium. Scientists uncovered his remains in the 1960s and stumbled upon a baffling discovery—his skull contained pieces of what looked like black, glass-like material. A recent study published in Scientific Reports offers new insights into how his brain might have undergone a remarkable transformation, turning to glass through a process known as vitrification...

"What does it feel like to have your brain flash-glassified?"

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/vesuvius-turned-a-roman-mans-brain-into-glass-now-scientists-reveal-how-the-extremely-rare-preservation-happened-180986145/

#archeology #vesuvius #volcano #brain #herculaneum

Man's brain turned to glass by hot Vesuvius ash cloud

(2000 years ago)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgr2n8xx5gyo

#science #history #vesuvius #Herculaneum #pompeii

💀🔥 𝐄𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚n𝐨, 𝐢𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐟𝐢n𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐚: 𝐢𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 "𝐒𝐭𝐚n𝐳𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐞" 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐥𝐢 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐞 𝐮n 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐨

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#archeologia #scoperte #studi #ercolano #herculaneum #archhaeology

https://storiearcheostorie.com/2025/03/03/ercolano-il-mistero-della-finestra-sbarrata-il-restauro-della-stanza-del-custode-degli-augustali-riapre-un-cold-case-archeologico/

De #hersenen van een #Romein die in de jaren 60 in #Herculaneum is gevonden en die slachtoffer was van de uitbarsting van de #Vesuvius in 79 n.Chr. blijken door de vulkaanuitbarsting in #glas te zijn veranderd. Bij onderzoek van het skelet in 2018 ontdekte een forensisch #antropoloog kleine glasachtige resten in de vulkanische as die de schedel vulde. Onderzoekers concluderen nu in een recent gepubliceerd onderzoek dat het gaat om ‘glazen’ hersenweefsel.
https://www.demorgen.be/tech-wetenschap/wereldprimeur-door-zwarte-glinstering-in-schedel-hersenen-veranderden-in-glas-na-uitbarsting-van-de-vesuvius~bfbaae2c/

Ausgrabungsstätte Herculaneum: Forschende lösen Rätsel um "gläsernes" Gehirn eines Vesuv-Opfers
#herculaneum #ercolano #vesuv

https://www.swr.de/wissen/verglastes-gehirn-bei-vulkan-opfer-in-herculaneum-raetsel-geloest-100.html?at_medium=social&at_campaign=info%40swr.de&at_source=mastodon

Herculaneum: Rätsel des gläsernen Gehirns gelöst.Ursache für das einzigartige, verglaste Hirngewebe eines Vulkanopfers identifiziert. #Herculaneum #Glasgehirn #Vulkanopfer #Vesuv #Archaeologie #Antike
https://www.scinexx.de/news/archaeologie/herculaneum-raetsel-des-glaesernen-gehirns-geloest/

"A unique dark-coloured organic glass, found inside the skull of an individual who died in Herculaneum during the 79 CE Mount Vesuvius eruption, likely formed when they were killed by a very hot but short-lived ash cloud. The conclusion, from research published in Scientific Reports, is based on an analysis of the physical properties of the glass, thought to comprise the fossilised brain of the individual".

#archaeology #glass #herculaneum #mountvesuvius
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1074723

There's only one known case in which the blast from a volcanic eruption turned a victim's #brain into glass - going back to Mount Vesuvius' blast in the year 79 - and now scientists think they know how it happened. https://cosmiclog.com/2025/02/27/how-an-ancient-eruption-turned-a-victims-brain-into-glass/ #Science #Pompeii #Herculaneum #Volcanoes

STUDI | 𝐄𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚n𝐨, 79 𝐝.𝐂.: 𝐜𝐨𝐬ì 𝐥𝐚 n𝐮𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐢 𝐜𝐞n𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞n𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐕𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐯𝐢𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦ò 𝐢𝐥 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐝𝐢 𝐮n 𝐮𝐨𝐦𝐨 𝐢n 𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨

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#archeologia #ercolano #studi #herculaneum #archaeology #scoperte

https://storiearcheostorie.com/2025/02/27/ercolano-79-d-c-cosi-la-nube-di-cenere-bollente-del-vesuvio-trasformo-il-cervello-di-un-uomo-in-vetro/

Comic Commission by WolfDemon21

#Coral #Pichu #Mouse #Herculaneum #Riolu #Pokemon #Girl #Boy #Cute #Diaper #Nappy #Babyfur #Diaperfur #funny #comic #electric #electrocuted #electrocution #Thunderbolt #Flower #sniff #sneeze #waterBalloon #Prank #Backfire #Accident #shocked

AI reveals first look inside 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll

One of the world’s oldest scrolls, dating back two millennia, originating from the lost Roman city of Herculaneum, long considered unreadable because of the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, has yielded the first decipherable words thanks to new technology...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/02/ai-reveals-first-look-inside-herculaneum-scroll/

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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanempire #mountvesuvius #herculaneum