First Word Decoded by AI in Herculaneum Scrolls
Chapter 1

Nature's whispers

Chapter 2

The human blueprint

Chapter 3

Cities that breathe

Chapter 4

Unearthing the past and future

YOUR GOAL

Master of Decoding the world's secret signals

Ch 4 · Unearthing the past and future
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007skaty The scientific effort to decode carbonized scrolls from Herculaneum

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007skaty The Vesuvius Challenge

Search the charcoal / Find the hidden ink / Read the ancient Greek

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The past and the future are both hidden in the patterns of the present.

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Chasing superstorms with deep learning

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The Vesuvius challenge scroll decoding

007skaty An isometric 3D render shows AI mapping hidden text layers inside a scroll

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Now and Then Lens
BETA

007skaty Drag the lens over images to learn how AI reveals hidden patterns in real-time.

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Fun Fact

The first AI word: The first word decoded by AI inside the unrolled Herculaneum scrolls was porphyras, which is the ancient Greek word for purple.

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Glossary
geoglyph (noun)
A large design or motif produced on the ground, typically formed by rocks or stones. Yamagata University and IBM used artificial intelligence to discover 303 new geoglyphs in Peru's Nazca Desert.

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Gossip

Which discovery excites you the most?

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Quiz

How are the Herculaneum scrolls scanned so that AI can read them without unrolling?

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In what country did AI help discover thousands of hidden Mayan structures?

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How does AI speed up extreme weather forecasting compared to traditional supercomputers?

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What technology is paired with AI to map hidden ruins through thick forest canopies?

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What is the main material that the ancient Herculaneum scrolls are made of?

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Which ancient Roman town's library of carbonized scrolls is being decoded by the Vesuvius Challenge?

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What was the first ancient Greek word decoded by AI from the Herculaneum scrolls?

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What massive ocean accumulation zone is being mapped by AI to target plastic clean-up?

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