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Have you heard the real story about these ancient scrolls? It's crazy. In 79 AD, this volcano erupts and it buries these two cities, turning 1800 scrolls into blocks of charcoal. But it also preserves them for nearly 2,000 years, making them the only surviving papyrus library from the ancient world. But they crumble when you try to open them. So in the past, scientists have gotten around this by using x-rays to look inside, which bounce off the tiny metals in the ink revealing hidden text. But these scrolls are so old that these scholars were using a carbon-based ink where there's no metal to bounce off. So instead, the scientists used a particle accelerator to create an extremely precise x-ray beam, creating 3D digital slices at a resolution of two microns showing us the rolled layers of the scroll. For reference, a strand of your hair is 70 microns. And then a computer system analyzes the spiral pattern to flatten the layers out. And then they use the specially trained AI to scan for crackle patterns left behind when wet ink dried thousands of years ago, revealing hidden text, the ancient musings of a philosopher on how to enjoy your life. And now they're going to read the rest, so to see what they say, follow along.

Have you heard the real story about these ancient scrolls? It's crazy. In 79 AD, this volcano erupts and it buries these two cities, turning 1800 scrolls into…