I work at the University of Kentucky, and am so proud of the work that Dr. Searles and his team have done in enabling the Herculaneum scrolls to be virtually examined as part of the Vesuvius Challenge.
@optimusprinceps3526
3 ай бұрын
@@wendywhitley4611 🌿😜🌿👍 Whoo Doggies!
@ubroberts5541
3 ай бұрын
Excellent!
@One.DeSanctis.
3 ай бұрын
@@optimusprinceps3526 Wildcats?
@optimusprinceps3526
3 ай бұрын
@@One.DeSanctis. Jethro Beau Dean
@ngc-ho1xd
3 ай бұрын
Dude the world is hella proud of you guys!
@auguststavbro
3 ай бұрын
The prospect of yet undiscovered scrolls with lost histories is super exciting to me
@jackread7406
3 ай бұрын
I DONT AGREE
@DM5550Z
3 ай бұрын
Im waiting for biblical history hyped up.
@sciptick
3 ай бұрын
There is a realistic expectation of thousands more scrolls not yet excavated. A likely find is Pliny the Elder's history of Rome up to the eruption. Galen wrote hundreds of books of which only the medical topics were considered by the monasteries to be worth preserving.
@uncletiggermclaren7592
2 ай бұрын
Yeah, I would just love to read a lost work, what a triumph for the ages it would be. Even a joke book, or a thing that we knew was false or their misunderstanding, like a collection of folk tales, would be so revealing of all sorts of things. But imaging getting one of the lost works that other authors refer to . . .
@douglasdaniel4504
2 ай бұрын
A large trove of scrolls might contain the lost works of Claudius, including a history of the Etruscans and an Etruscan dictionary. That would be a fantastic find.
@mfaizsyahmi
3 ай бұрын
Lifting out faded writings on 2000 year old carbonized sheets of papyri is a Herculanean task indeed.
@plumbthumbs9584
3 ай бұрын
hey-oooo!
@PartnershipsForYou
3 ай бұрын
ZING
@graysonlake6861
2 ай бұрын
jesus dude
@johnperry713
2 ай бұрын
I saw what you did there. LOL
@anarchy_79
2 ай бұрын
Get out.
@SeanHH1986
3 ай бұрын
imagine being one of these scientists, how insanely eager they probably are to read them, yet how careful they have to be. borderline magic, and an unbelievable degree of care
@Itssmial_Ova
3 ай бұрын
The hundreds of scrolls destroyed in previous attempts to read them :(
@Sashazur
3 ай бұрын
It saddens me too but I don’t blame anyone - nobody knew better at the time, and no one could have imagined the technology we would have at our disposal. It would literally have seemed like magic.
@CreativeUsernameHere-r1k
3 ай бұрын
We had to fall a few times so we can run nowadays.
@SMGJohn
2 ай бұрын
And the millions lost with time, do not cry over spoiled eggs.
@DonaldDucksRevenge
2 ай бұрын
There may yet remain more undiscovered. This is the epitome of careful research
@neverstopschweiking
2 ай бұрын
@@Sashazur People back then were not stupid, they understood what scientific advances were and even if they couldn't imagine our technology, they knew there will be something that would allow non-destructive ways of reading the text. Sadly, they were not willing to let it be and wait. Same with us, we uncover many archeological sites and it is only in the past couple of decades we tend to sometimes use non-destructive tech.
@theeccentrictripper3863
2 ай бұрын
Fingers crossed for Claudius' History of the Etruscans
@sergpie
3 ай бұрын
La Biblioteca Nazionale in Naples is absolutely a treasure; there are remnants in that city that really testify as to the importance of that kingdom prior to unification. Not to mention the ancient wonders left to her by the Greek and the Romans.
@chrisbelos2834
3 ай бұрын
The new technology of being able to read burnt papyrus is just the best addition in archeology! that and the marine archeology will help human kind to rediscover their ancestors lives, culture and history.
@anarchy_79
2 ай бұрын
When these papyrii were posted online in HQ I ran them through ChatGPT blind, to see if it could translate them. On the first try it managed to identify a couple of full words. This was back over a year ago I think. The future of archaeology is very bright with these types of technologies, and we are just getting started...
@Oldsmobile69
3 ай бұрын
I love this project, I can't get enough of it. Please report as more info comes out!
@Andy_Babb
3 ай бұрын
I second this
@danielcohn-bendit701
3 ай бұрын
My longheld wish-that somebody find a copy of Ptolemy the First’s “Life of Alexander” may be about to come true…
@marcobelli6856
3 ай бұрын
Or the asinius pollio history of the civil wars of Caesar and Pompey
@HiDesert004
3 ай бұрын
That’s my wish too!
@HiDesert004
3 ай бұрын
I would also like to see Claudius’ “History of Carthage.”
@di3727
3 ай бұрын
@@HiDesert004 Uncle Claudius' Etruscan Dictionary would be my dream book to find here.
@anarchy_79
2 ай бұрын
That is such a specific wish. Most people finding an oil lamp with a genie would probably ask for money, or power, but I respect this choice much more.
@TurkeyJoe
3 ай бұрын
Pretty amazing that so much of these can actually be read, such a valuable resource of information from the times!
@justdoingitjim7095
Ай бұрын
Years ago there was a project online that asked the general public for help reading the Dead Sea scroll fragments. You could sign in for free and "check out" any fragment they had downloaded and try to read/decipher the individual letters. You'd type your answer in a box and submit it for further review. I only deciphered a few words before I became bored with it. But, it brought home the dedication that these archaeologists must have to do this all day, every day! They have my respect!
@RageCage1701
2 ай бұрын
I believe it is genuinely one of the great travesties of archeology / classical studies that the Italian government will not permit additional exploration and excavation of the Villa. It's just mind-boggling. There are many, many sites throughout Italy where the philosophy has been "conservation" rather than "excavation" and that's generally understandable, but for THIS PARTICULAR SITE the potential gains in terms of lost classical texts are ENORMOUS. It's a testament to the dysfunction of the authorities in Italy and the lack of good lobbying capacity within the classics world that these red tape burdens haven't been able to be overcome and more full-throated advocates for excavating haven't come forward. It's really just wild.
@jamesatherton1853
3 ай бұрын
I'm so excited to hear what kinds of stories they'll find in these scrolls
@callumcroteau6582
2 ай бұрын
So rare to find such high quality, easy to pallet, and publicly available video from an academic. I would love to see you and @premodernist do a video or podcast together (no affiliation). 10/10
@Sardonac
3 ай бұрын
I tried to think of a joke of what could be found, what would be the absolute least interesting thing to find. I thought, "ancient memes? pornographic writing? bad poetry?" But I came to realize that it would all be fascinating, from the draft oratory all the way to the poop jokes.
@alashiya9536
3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this video
@215Daniel
3 ай бұрын
Fascinating, one of the best channels on the platform.
@525Lines
3 ай бұрын
Using cat scan technology to detect the carbon ink and digitally reassemble and unscroll the book is amazing.
@flamencoprof
3 ай бұрын
I was surprised he never mentioned the use of high-resolution CT scans of the scrolls to get the data the machine learning was applied to.
@sciptick
3 ай бұрын
@@flamencoprof Or that it wasn't any ordinary CT scanner, but a particle accelerator, that was used for the scans, for the fine resolution they need. They will probably end up needing to build their own mini-accelerator to scan the remaining hundreds of already-exhumed scrolls, and the possible thousands yet to be dug up.
@gregpappas
3 ай бұрын
I am hoping for one of the dialogues of Aristotle. Can you imagine!
@gw7120
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for the Dr and her research team in unlocking the history, the things we could learn !! Its all exciting
@nnand6997
3 ай бұрын
Im want to know what they say so bad, im so hyped
@optimusprinceps3526
3 ай бұрын
Tacitus, Suetonius, and Flavius Josephus had a lot to say as well
@jackread7406
3 ай бұрын
It’s so hard, to wrap one’s head around. I can’t really wait to see scrolls unwrapped. And translations produced and made widely available and accessible. But it feels worlds away. I recently picked up a 1932 translation of a Neapolitan book from 1660s. Only the first volume had until 1932 been partially translated and published. And 1932 published both.
@DonaldDucksRevenge
2 ай бұрын
AI will soon have its crack at auto-translating physical texts.
@abmindprof
3 ай бұрын
In this case, not told in stone but in papyrus
@DonaldDucksRevenge
2 ай бұрын
It's worthy of any ancient fable!
@lipingrahman6648
3 ай бұрын
I do hope there is a readable copy of the dictionary by the emperor Claudius of Etruscan.
@jackelewish1568
3 ай бұрын
Ive been following this for many years. So excited
@themetroidprime
3 ай бұрын
When new Rome lore drops.
@thessop9439
2 ай бұрын
Based
@Azuris190
3 ай бұрын
Read a while about that, this is so exciting for me. Seing this here in Video is great, love how they are displaying the Scrolls. Big Thanks to her and the Team to invite you and bringing those Pictures to us!
@TetsuShima
3 ай бұрын
Imagine that one of the discovered papyri says: "Let's say in the Senate that Nero has been deposed by a revolt in Hispania fabricated by us. What a laugh we will have when we tell Caesar that it was just a prank!!! XD"
@optimusprinceps3526
3 ай бұрын
His uncle Caligula would have blushed
@John_Fugazzi
3 ай бұрын
This was briefly mentioned in a tech article. I'm really glad to see this much more about it and being able to see portions of them.
@bornassassin9630
3 ай бұрын
This is pretty incredible
@supposedlygreg
3 ай бұрын
Well I am amazed by the patience of those restauration experts, Is like a hard difficulty puzzle and the cool things is one u finish to put all the piece in place u can read stories, messages written by people 2000 years ago :) that most be so rewarding after all those efforts.
@classic.cameras
3 ай бұрын
Its Crazy how we are able to discover this ancient history. I hope some amazing info is discovered.
@FrankyBabes
3 ай бұрын
I'm so fascinated by the possibilities here. I wonder whether there will be anything completely unexpected
@AugustusHistory
3 ай бұрын
Never knew about these, so cool!!
@10hawell
2 ай бұрын
I was in Herculaneum, and got a rock from there, walking there was awesome but the most valuable information i learned after. Nothing is that impressive if you don't know what you're looking at, it will take a lifetime to fully appreciate the ruins
@klyanadkmorr
3 ай бұрын
A year or more ago a PBS like science archeology vid was posted about how microscopic lazers & Xray etc were being used to scan fragile scrolls by layers without unrolling them due to age conditions, they were from some other location collection. Tho still some guessing has to be done for over lapping or barely readable writing from the lost ink impressions etc.
@PaulGray66
2 ай бұрын
Those guys have got to be in the running for a Nobel Prize, surely?
@redjacc7581
3 ай бұрын
Fantastic!
@whatthefunction9140
3 ай бұрын
keep us updated
@chucknorrissaurus4398
3 ай бұрын
So these discovers provoked more questions and a video suggestion from me Could you do a video on say the top 10 questions antiquities academics have about the ancient world or are seeking to answer? What introgues them the most?
@matthewbbenton
3 ай бұрын
“Esne ibi, Iuppiter? Est me, Margarita...”
@krisinsaigon
3 ай бұрын
How amazing modern technology is, this is going to be amazing when we read these
@kanrakucheese
3 ай бұрын
In theory, there could be some writings about first century Christianity (even just as an aside) somewhere among the petrified scrolls. The impact of finding such would be *huge* .
@alienvampirebusterswhoyoug8257
3 ай бұрын
Probably not wrong period of time there wasn’t much interest in that at this time
@kanrakucheese
3 ай бұрын
@@alienvampirebusterswhoyoug8257 I'm not *expecting* a sudden religious revelation that will change what the world things of Jesus, but I have to consider it's entirely *possible* (especially since this cache appears to be philosophy heavy)
@alienvampirebusterswhoyoug8257
3 ай бұрын
@@kanrakucheese the Romans considered Christians at this time as a disruptive cult as you know I wouldn’t expect anything supporting it or even chronicling it in my opinion unless they maybe find letters or something like that there would be no reason for any Christian material to be in a library
@kanrakucheese
3 ай бұрын
@@alienvampirebusterswhoyoug8257 I agree, but even just an aside mention ("unlike those nuts over in...") could have huge implications.
@anarchy_79
2 ай бұрын
This is amazing.
@john-carl2054
3 ай бұрын
I want to know more! Love this!
@leoeostewart
3 ай бұрын
Nice Easter egg using Papyrus typeface as the font for the opening credits
@77heraclitus
2 ай бұрын
Most enjoyable. Thanks. ☺
@arwenrosefall8081
3 ай бұрын
Please contain the lost parts of the Epic Cycle or the Tyrrhenika
@braydendorn6739
3 ай бұрын
Hurry up babe @toldinstone posted a new video!
@callumcroteau6582
2 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@toldinstone
2 ай бұрын
Deeply appreciated!
@Squirrelmind66
2 ай бұрын
Your channel is now briefly, Told in Carbonized Papyri
@hiddenhist
3 ай бұрын
painful to think about what was lost in the scrolls they tried to force open during the 19th century... Why did they continue after breaking the first few?
@toldinstone
3 ай бұрын
They kept convincing themselves that they had figured out a better method.
@Inkling777
3 ай бұрын
Keep in mind that in the 19th century they had no way of knowing that the technology we now have would ever exist. They were doing the best they could with what they had.
@jeff__w
2 ай бұрын
@@toldinstone Does anyone have even a rough estimate of how many scrolls were lost to such efforts?
@DSHK-wb5cn
2 ай бұрын
@@Inkling777yeah, if anything they were probably smarter than us
@Martial-Mat
3 ай бұрын
Thrilling stuff. So excited to hear more voices directly from the past. Enjoyed your new book. Will there be a third?
@toldinstone
3 ай бұрын
There will indeed! At the moment, I'm working on two books - another sequel to "Naked Statues" and a book about the Roman frontier. Stay tuned...
@Martial-Mat
3 ай бұрын
@@toldinstone That's good. I'll look forwards to the Statues sequel.
@paoloviti6156
2 ай бұрын
Extremely interesting this video regarding the papyrus of Herculaneum to be readable. I know that I'm writing nonsense but to be able to read lost history of Alexander the Great or of Rome itself would be fantastic! Thanks for sharing this very interesting video 👍👍👍
@nnonotnow
2 ай бұрын
Fascinating.
@wakandaforever4291
2 ай бұрын
I Love it when we get to correct history
@bobdinitto
3 ай бұрын
Amazing technology to be able to read them unopened. I can't imagine how it's done.
@flamencoprof
3 ай бұрын
I can't imagine why he didn't mention it was done using high-resolution CT scans of the scrolls. The machine learning was then employed to separate the layers virtually.
@MichaelWilliamz
2 ай бұрын
This is super interesting
@lonewulf44
3 ай бұрын
This does seem to be the closest we'll ever get to possibly finding some of the scrolls of Alexandria doesn't it? A few things that were lost might somehow be hidden in that carbon. We can all dream of a secret annex library that contains all the histories lost th😅 andat this guy kept away from all his philosophy stuff.
@williamwilson6499
3 ай бұрын
So cool the first word uncovered was porphyras…purple. One of the main drugs in use at that time and place was the Burning Purple.
@BlueBaron3339
3 ай бұрын
Wonderful! I have nothing useful to add but am making this comment to help the channel a wee bit. Hmmm...well...YT creators are constantly telling us that comments help. 😉 And I do like the comments from folks who enjoy this channel. YT comments in general? Uhh...never mind.
@stephannaro2113
3 ай бұрын
The scrolls that seemed most beyond recovery to earlier ... "rescuers", are now the ones likely to give best results?
@toldinstone
3 ай бұрын
They're all we have left, unfortunately. The ones they left alone were the least promising scrolls - too warped or charred to be worth unwrapping mechanically.
@00leaveralone
2 ай бұрын
Vesuvius Challenge much better than the 'Tide Pod Challenge' Thank you
@DonaldDucksRevenge
2 ай бұрын
omw 😂😅
@jeffreyhenion4818
3 ай бұрын
So far, every scroll consists of the phrase “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” repeated over and over.
@subtropicalken1362
2 ай бұрын
Wow, beautiful and smart. 🔥
@scoon2117
3 ай бұрын
Let's go dig up plato damnit.
@MihaiMezel
3 ай бұрын
Let s hope we discover some new unconfirmed history, maybe there are more scrolls in Pompei if we keep digging, i can only imagine some peasant in the middle ages finding scrolls all across italy and using them to start a fire or wipe their bottom, maybe the diary scrolls of Trajan's conquest of Dacia
@tomellis4750
3 ай бұрын
Mount Vesuvius Erupts - read all about it.
@optimusprinceps3526
3 ай бұрын
Brought to you by the Miller's guild
@kaloarepo288
3 ай бұрын
No it was Etna in Sicily that erupted yesterday.
@tomellis4750
3 ай бұрын
@@kaloarepo288 You missed the joke.
@Ω3103ζ
3 ай бұрын
good video!
@amanbytheway
3 ай бұрын
We got disintegrated ancient philosophy DLC before GTA VI
@pixies646
2 ай бұрын
Fascinating stuff. We are so clever. Do you suppose the nature of Pompeii as a "pleasure centre" was somehow connected to why so much Epicurean philosophical writing was found there? Thanks for your work. It's very much appreciated
@vdoniel
2 ай бұрын
Interesting.
@intractablemaskvpmGy
3 ай бұрын
Computed Tomography or Magnetic Resonance Imaging should negate the need to destroy these scrolls by attempting to unroll and read them. It's all a matter of the right settings, histograms and stitching software and these should be able to be read in their entirety in digital format. I think something similar has been done with the dead sea scrolls
@Sashazur
3 ай бұрын
That is the entire point of this video.
@flamencoprof
3 ай бұрын
Unfortunately he didn't mention that high-resolution CT scans of the scrolls were done and they were what the machine learning was applied to.
@ReasonableRadio
3 ай бұрын
New "Western Civilization" lore dropping soon
@optimusprinceps3526
3 ай бұрын
Bonus nuntium 👍
@cougar2013
3 ай бұрын
Spelling mistake in title card. Love this channel!!
@simon2493
3 ай бұрын
Is there any chance that we can find scrolls in other places?
@toldinstone
3 ай бұрын
There may be others around Herculaneum, and additional papyri will likely come to light in Egypt.
@j.dunlop8295
2 ай бұрын
February 2023, classical scholar Richard Janko announced that he and Seales' team, assisted by artificial intelligence, had managed to read a small part of one heavily damaged, previously unreadable Herculaneum papyrus. The text appeared to be part of a lost work about Alexander the Great and the Diadochi. (It's definitely exciting news, that's going to take time to flesh out!)😅 unburn those scrolls!
@stephenallen4374
3 ай бұрын
Absolutely wonderful technology you would have been a kid in a candy store😂
@fu2201
3 ай бұрын
so cool.
@vintagelady1
3 ай бұрын
Love it when technology does something good---& there is nothing like a contest to get the geeks in gear!
@4ur3n
3 ай бұрын
I hope they have a greek professor with them, otherwise how do they know if the text lies on the same page and not the one behind?
@xXcangjieXx
3 ай бұрын
I think we can safely assume that they know what they are doing!
@MassimoShire1981
3 ай бұрын
😂 In Italy we study Latin and Ancient Greek during High school. Papirologist have Master degrees.
@justinbarion2269
3 ай бұрын
Yes, I was hoping that we'll find more literature and history. Not Epicurean philosophy. The other stuff is promising. I hope they find a copy of 'On Sphere Making' by Archimedes.
@m.e.345
3 ай бұрын
..so that whole villa was owned by Philodemus of Gadara? ..or was he there as a guest of some other patron?
@toldinstone
3 ай бұрын
The villa was probably owned by Lucius Calpurnius Piso, an aristocratic Roman known to have been Philodemus' patron.
@sarahd1250
3 ай бұрын
Could you go over ancient family dynamics? So fascinating.
@DM5550Z
3 ай бұрын
Im waiting for the hyped up early christian possibilities mainly.
@mariuswiiked
2 ай бұрын
U should make longer videos 2!!
@fernandosanchezm
Ай бұрын
please be the titanomaquia! please be the titanomaquia! please be the titanomaquia!
@marcv2648
2 ай бұрын
Dr. Nicolardi is easy on the eyes.
@kaarlimakela3413
2 ай бұрын
FYI, there's a drop of a word or two at the start of many of your sentences. I very much enjoy your videos. 😊
@Fractus
2 ай бұрын
Surely they can do better than just holding it under the microscope. There are precision desktop slates that tilt in both directions with micro level precision.
@HeathBlythe
3 ай бұрын
MANIPULUS ToldInStone, CONGREGATIO!
@lonewulf44
3 ай бұрын
Can someone explain why in the world they would not excavate this in its entirety and thereby doing everything possible to preserve the scrolls that might lie within? Of all the money that's wasted on the dumbest things, it seems like there would be billionaires out there who would be able to throw enough cash to make this happen. Why wouldn't the Italian government to vote resources to excavating and preserving these scrolls for possible decipherization?
@richardwilhorst4589
3 ай бұрын
Isn't there an active city above that portion of the old town? Naples? It's probably a safety issue.
@JonathanLight1
3 ай бұрын
It is discussed in the interview video
@marial8235
3 ай бұрын
Considering this villa was likely owned by Caesar’s father-in-law at one time, I am hopeful that there may be a definitive bust or statue of Caesar to uncover.
@Sashazur
3 ай бұрын
They’ve lasted 2000 years where they are. It is probably safer to leave them buried until and unless they are known to be threatened.
@oscodains
3 ай бұрын
Well, if archeologists & geologists had it their way completely, the whole surface of earth would be dug twice over.
@chanaheszter168
2 ай бұрын
Similar research going on in Israel with 3d scanning tech, also burned scrolls deciphered.
@kevinbest274
2 ай бұрын
Please do a review on the new Gladiator trailer. Very interested to hear your thoughts on the historical accuracies and to get your general reaction.
@aidanocallaghan1284
3 ай бұрын
Nicolardi can call me whenever goddamn
@SeanRCope
3 ай бұрын
They ever going to make some of this public? Or are they going to monetize the data I wonder?
@marianlincoln9008
3 ай бұрын
HOW HORRIBLE... we lived in Naples for 2 years and never evan k ew this place was there..
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