How Ancient Herculaneum Scrolls Are Being Deciphered | Dr. Brent Seales
1,271What secrets lie hidden within the ancient scrolls of Herculaneum? Ancient scrolls buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago. Dr. Brent Seales, a pioneer in digital restoration and virtual unwrapping, joins John Michael Godier to discuss his 20-year journey to read the unreadable. Discover how artificial intelligence, X-ray imaging, and 3D modeling are unlocking lost texts from antiquity, without ever physically opening the fragile scrolls.
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0:00:03 – You have fallen into Event Horizon. John is joined today by Brent Seales
0:07:01 – Seales discusses the beginning of his work with digital restoration
0:14:10 – The Herculaneum scrolls: their history.
0:22:02 – The virtual unwrapping process.
0:29:45 – The role of AI in deciphering the Herculaneum scrolls and how the Vesuvius Challenge brought together global talent...
0:36:28 – What it means to access lost texts, and why these discoveries matter...
0:43:59 – Hopes for fully reading the scrolls, and why the Villa of the Papyri still holds more secrets...
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