They’re a collection of carbonized papyrus scrolls from around 2,000 years ago, ancient roman times, that were buried by the eruption of the vesuvius. Webthe objects turned out to be scrolls—nearly 2000 of them—made from papyrus rolled around wooden cores. They comprised the only complete library that had survived from. Webin 1750 well diggers discovered a villa near the ancient town of herculaneum that had been buried by the eruption of mount vesuvius in 79 ad. Webit's not a wealthy place, but beneath these narrow streets lies buried treasure, the ancient roman seaside town of herculaneum entombed along with pompeii in a. d. Webafter using artificial intelligence to uncover the first word to be read from an unopened herculaneum scroll, a team of researchers has revealed several nearly.
