AI deciphers entire Vesuvius scroll

Machine learning and high-resolution CT scans helped read a sealed scroll from Herculaneum destroyed by Mount Vesuvius. The Vesuvius Challenge team recovered the surviving portion end-to-end, winning a $700,000 grand prize. A new workflow enabled systematic scroll-scale recovery using phase-contrast X-ray microtomography at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility.