Viggen Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Ancient scrolls buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted in Italy in AD 79 spent some time in a Richland hospital room on Wednesday. Edward Iuliano helped to bring the scrolls to town. The director of MRI and radiology at Kadlec Medicl Center watched a TV documentary years ago about efforts to read the ancient scrolls and the story stuck with him. The papyrus scrolls were discovered more than 200 years ago in a villa in what was the Roman town of Herculaneum. The town was buried along with the more famous city of Pompeii when Vesuvius erupted. The scrolls make up the only surviving library from antiquity, Iuliano said. Scholars have been able to unfold and read some of them, but others are like charcoal bricks.... full article at Tri City Herald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingan Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 I have seen those first hand, they have two (I believe it was 2) at the Museo Nationale, and I tell you it's most impressive that they can read anything at all. Secondly from the scrolls that have been read so far it's been filled with bad stoic philosophy. Apparently the owner of the Villa de Papyri had a thing for keeping a Greek stoic in his cellar, writing bad philosophy to fill the library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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