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Scientists re-created the Herculaneum scrolls. They found a clue to decoding hidden text

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Charred to a crisp during Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in AD 79, hundreds of papyrus scrolls lie tucked away unread in Italy’s National Library of Naples. The majority of these carbonized artifacts, known as the Herculaneum scrolls, are so fragile that they can’t be ph...

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