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RE: https://mastodon.social/@UllaMR/116560140206207882

See also wine merchants and brothels: https://ghostsigns.co.uk/2010/01/ancient-ghostsigns/.

And a few more ancient ghost signs: https://ghostsigns.co.uk/2015/02/signs-frescoes-in-pompeii-herculaneum/

#Ghostsigns #Pompeii #Herculaneum

U.S. Returns Hundreds of Looted Antiquities to Italy

Italy’s Min…
#Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #AlessandroGiuli #alvinbragg #Antiquities #archaeology #ArtCrime #artnet-news #carabinieri #Christie's #Crime #Etruscan #fbi #Greek #Hellenisticperiod #Herculaneum #History #HomelandSecurity #IronAge #law #Lawenforcement #looted #ManhattanDA #memorandumofunderstanding #MinistryofCulture #Politics #repatriation #Roman #RomanForum #TilmanJ.Fertitta #trafficking
https://www.europesays.com/italy/11850/

Well-preserved house of the Roman-era, Herculaneum (near Pompeii), Italy

https://piefed.social/c/historyruins/p/1888924/well-preserved-house-of-the-roman-era-herculaneum-near-pompeii-italy

Well-preserved house of the Roman-era, Herculaneum (near Pompeii), Italy

https://piefed.social/c/historyruins/p/1888924/well-preserved-house-of-the-roman-era-herculaneum-near-pompeii-italy

Well-preserved house of the Roman-era, Herculaneum (near Pompeii), Italy

Well-preserved house of the Roman-era, Herculaneum (near Pompeii), Italy

Well-preserved house of the Roman-era, Herculaneum (near Pompeii), Italy

https://piefed.social/c/historyruins/p/1888924/well-preserved-house-of-the-roman-era-herculaneum-near-pompeii-italy

✨Saturnalia Season✨

Bring out the fancy lounges and the best crockery, it’s time to feast!

May your festivities look something like this with drinking horns (rhytons), fabulous hair nets, and delightful tripod tables.

#FrescoFriday #Saturnalia #Herculaneum #History

@ninawillburger the sites Pompeii and #Herculaneum are due to their excellent #archeological #preservation levels great sources to learn about #dailylife activities in the ancient #Romantimes of the first century AD including the development of #art and the implemention of it in #buildings and public places. Here is a great example presented.

Science is amazing. It only took 2,000 years, but still, hard to believe they could rescue these. #herculaneum #newscientist #science #herculaneum www.newscientist.com/article/2498...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:546qgaw5whiyfktyiyzv4z3p/post/3m3hkqtlrct2k

We’re finally reading the secr...

Science is amazing. It only took 2,000 years, but still, hard to believe they could rescue these. #herculaneum #newscientist

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2498245-were-finally-reading-the-secrets-of-herculaneums-lost-library/#Echobox=1760743067

Fresko aus Herculaneum...

#roman #römisch #romanwayoflife #romanitas #romanempire #music #fresco #herculaneum

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

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

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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#archaeology #herculaneum

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

Le ultime novità su @storieearcheostorie

@ercolanoscavi

#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/

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/

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

Come è potuto accadere? Lo spiega uno studio pubblicato su "Scientific Reports".

Tutti i dettagli nell'articolo di @elenapercivaldi su @storieearcheostorie

@uniromatre @ercolanoscavi

#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/

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/

Follow @archaeology

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

Erster Blick in Schriftrolle aus Herculaneum. Beim Vesuv-Ausbruch verkohlter Papyrus verblüfft durch dichte Tinte und Worte wie "Abscheu". #Herculaneum #Schriftrolle #Antike #Archaeologie
https://www.scinexx.de/news/archaeologie/erster-blick-in-schriftrolle-aus-herculaneum/

#silentsunday #herculaneum #ancient #italy #amazing

A Minute-By-Minute Account Of The Pompeii Eruption, Revealed In Agonizing Detail
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https://www.science.org/content/article/minute-minute-account-pompeii-eruption-revealed-agonizing-detail <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2024-071 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2024-072 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #timeline #reconstruction #model #modeling #Italy #Naples #Roman #79CE #eruption #volcanic #volcano #geology #engineeringgeology #Campanian #Pompeii #Herculaneum #ancienthistory #eyewitness #history #risk #hazard #naturalhazard #naturaldisaster #publicsafety #Vesuvius #debris #pyroclastic #gas #nueeardente #deposition #Pliny #PlinyTheYounger #geologicmapping #fieldwork #romanempire #impact #cost #economics #infrastructure #lossoflife #deaths

First Glimpse Inside #BurntScroll After 2,000 Years

https://www.onlygoodnewsdaily.com/post/first-glimpse-inside-burnt-scroll-after-2-000-years

A badly #burnt #scroll from the #Roman town of #Herculaneum has been digitally "unwrapped", providing the first look inside for 2,000 years.

BBC News - First glimpse inside burnt scroll after 2,000 years
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yvrq7dyg6o

Wow!

#herculaneum #scrolls #synchrotron

Calidario Delle Terme, Ercolano, 1935 - Carcavallo Foto Cartolina

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/calidario-delle-terme-ercolano-1935-carcavallo-foto-cartolina-221048031.htm

#Ercolano #Herculaneum #Cartoline #Postcard #Postcards #Romans

Postkarte Herculaneum (Kampanien, Italien)
#Herculaneum -> https://www.goehde.com/fotos/index.php?/category/507409

#collage #postkarte #fotobearbeitung #italien #vesuv #fotocollagen #kampanien #digital #photoediting #postcard #italy #photo #foto #bildbearbeitung #photomanipulation #art

@irozhlas

This is freaking unbelievable! Scientists are able to read unrolled charcoaled #papyri from #Herculaneum

https://youtu.be/Z_L1oN8y7Bs

#science #manuscripts #ancientHistory

It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / #Monday! 🌛

"[Endymion] a man of unrivalled beauty, he was loved by Selene. When he was given a wish of his choice by #Zeus, he chose to remain immortal and unaging in eternal sleep."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.56

🏛️ Fresco in the Fourth Pompeian Style depicting #Selene and #Endymion with #Eros, #Herculaneum, photo by @followinghadrian

@antiquidons @mythology
#DayOfSelene #MoonMonday #GreekRomanArt #MosaicMonday

Herculaneum-Schriftrolle verrät Platons Grab. Entzifferung antiker Papyrus-Fragmente liefert neue Details zu Leben und Tod Platons. #Platon #Herculaneum #Philodemus #Antike #Schriftrolle
https://www.scinexx.de/news/archaeologie/herculaneum-schriftrolle-verraet-platons-grab/

Deciphered Herculaneum papyrus reveals precise burial place of Plato - Enlarge / Imaging setup for a charred ancient papyrus recovered from th... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2019913 #herculaneumscrolls #archaeology #herculaneum #science #plato

New podcast episode!

We talked to one of the leads on the Vesuvius Challenge, which is driving the efforts to read the carbonized scrolls from Herculaneum. This is a fascinating project and producing really exciting results, and we very much enjoyed our in-depth discussion with Stephen Parsons about his work and the potential for future discoveries.

http://alliterative.net/podcast/2024/03/31/episode-121-the-vesuvius-challenge-with-stephen-parsons

#podcast #herculaneum #classics #papyrus #pompeii #vesuviuschallenge #DigitalHumanities

Warum sollten wir in künstliche Intelligenz (#KI) investieren? Warum sollte #Europa in der KI-Forschung und KI-Anwendung führend sein?

Anbei ein Artikel der zeigt wie KI unsere Welt bereichert: Verloren geglaubte Papyrusrollen einer antiken #Bibliothek werden wieder lesbar gemacht 😀

KI eröffnet ungeahnte Möglichkeiten. Eine Volkswirtschaft ohne KI-Kompetenz wird im globalen Wettbewerb schlicht untergehen. #China #USA

#Herculaneum #Vesuv #Pompeii #Musk
#Volt

https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/herculaneum-antike-buchrollen-werden-wieder-lesbar-ld.1814736

The new possibilities of deciphering the #Herculaneum papyri with #AI will have a deep impact on our understanding of #Epicurean #philosophy as many of the up until now lost texts were written by #Philodemus who was a known Epicurean at the time and the owner of this library.

More on this in this very detailed article. The first deciphered text seems to be a treatise on pleasure and music. I'm really looking forward to the first commented editions.

https://scrollprize.org/grandprize

"On Monday, Nat Friedman, a US tech executive and founding sponsor of the challenge, announced that a team of three computer-savvy students, Youssef Nader in Germany, Luke Farritor in the US, and Julian Schilliger in Switzerland, had won the $700,000 (£554,000) grand prize after reading more than 2,000 Greek letters from the scroll."

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/05/ai-helps-scholars-read-scroll-buried-when-vesuvius-erupted-in-ad79

#Herculaneum #Archaeology #AI #Scrolls #VesuviusChallenge

Antiker Schatz: Ein Team hat die ersten Passagen einer beim Vesuv-Ausbruch in Herculaneum verkohlten Schriftrolle lesbar gemacht – und einen zuvor unbekannten antikenText enthüllt. #VesuviusChallenge #Herculaneum #Schriftrolle #Archäologie
https://www.scinexx.de/news/archaeologie/herculaneum-schriftrolle-enthuellt-unbekanntes-werk/

It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / #Monday! 🌛

#Fresco in the Fourth Pompeian Style depicting #Selene and #Endymion, from #Herculaneum, Empire of colour.

🏛️ Musée Saint-Raymond #Toulouse

📸 @followinghadrian
https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/16092515370/

@antiquidons @mythology
#DayOfSelene #MoonMonday #ancientRome #GreekRomanArt #Luna

Peering Into A.I.’s Black Box, Who’s the Real Techno-Optimist? and Reading Ancient Scrolls With A.I. - New ways we’re understanding A.I. models, the musings of a billionaire venture capitalist... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/20/podcasts/ai-black-box.html #artificialintelligence #scienceandtechnology #herculaneum(italy) #andreessenmarcl #anthropicaillc

Erstes Wort auf Herculaneum-Schriftrolle entziffert. Zwei Studenten machen mithilfe von KI Buchstaben auf geschlossener, verkohlter Rolle lesbar. #Herculaneum #Schriftrolle #VesuviusChallenge #Archaeologie
https://www.scinexx.de/news/archaeologie/erstes-wort-auf-herculaneum-schriftrolle-entziffert/

https://scrollprize.org/firstletters

#VesuviusChallenge #Herculaneum #scroll

👩‍💻 GitHub: https://github.com/lukeboi/scroll-first-letters

Something new & old (ancient!)

#History #techonology #religion mostly....Plus #Herculaneum #ink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_L1oN8y7Bs&t=9s

A new technology can "unwrap" images taken through objects, as X-Rays do, but peeling the layers like onions, to read ancient texts.

Spoiler: This one turned out to be the Biblical Book of #leviticus

One of the most important scrolls of the ancient world, it has been "read" without ruining the fragile scroll from En-Gedi.

Video has subtitles/narration in English.

Naples Retrofuture...

66m of sea level rise on top of a 1793 map of Naples, from David Rumsey Maps.

The Retrofuture series looks backward and forward, to expand our thinking of time.

More: https://conspiracyofcartographers.com/

#italy #naples #napoli #italia #vesuvius #vesuvio #herculaneum #pompeii #maps #vintagemaps #retrofuture #solarpunk #searisemaps #sealevelrise #sealevelrisemaps #climatechange #climatechangemaps #maps #cartography #conspiracyofcartographers

Finally, I just wanted to show how the sculptures on top of the theater in Herculaneum might have looked in situ, overlooking the city, reflecting the first rays of the sun every morning.

I produced the background of ancient #Herculaneum and Vesuvius using #Al.
#digitalreconstruction 5/end

#NatFriedman was the CEO of #Github form 2018 to 2021. Before that he started and sold two companies - Ximian and Xamarin. He is also the founder of #AIGrant and CA YIMBY. Most recently he created, funded #VesuviusChallenge - $1M prize for reading an unopened #Herculaneum #scroll for the very first time. If we can uncover these #scrolls, we may be able to recover lost #gospels, forgotten #epics, and missing works of #Aristotle. #VesuviusChallenge : https://scrollprize.org/ #EpicurianTradition

#Vesuvius #Challenge

"The #VesuviusChallenge is a #MachineLearning and #ComputerVision #competition to read the #Herculaneum #Papyri."

https://scrollprize.org/

Mount Vesuvius victims died just moments away from rescue - armi del soldato
When Mount Vesuvius destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii in 79... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1765087 #disasterarchaeology #forensicarchaeology #romanarchaeology #pyroclasticflow #plinytheelder #ancientrome #archaeology #herculaneum #romanempire #skeletons #vesuvius #science #pompeii #volcano