Re:Ancient public library discovered in Germany
by singularity2001 on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @03:09AM
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The linked methods don't look promising (yet)
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms6895
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Re:Ancient public library discovered in Germany
by comex on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @03:39AM
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See also
https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.09883
which is a newer paper using the same imaging method (X-ray phase-contrast tomography) plus an algorithm to separate the rolled-up layers from the 3D scan data. Results are better, though still far from being able to decode substantial portions of text.
edit: I also found an article in Smithsonian Magazine from just last month, about someone else's even more recent attempts:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/buried-ash-vesuvius-s...