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$50K First Letters Prize awarded for PHerc 343
The Vesuvius Challenge awards a $50K First Letters Prize to Erwin Nieuwlaar for virtually unwrapping and detecting ink in PHerc. 343, revealing the first text read from this still-rolled Herculaneum scroll since AD 79. Papyrologists read a Greek sequence likely meaning 'everything that happens' and discuss possible references to music.
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VGHF Digital Archive passes 5000 magazines. Here's what's next.
The Video Game History Foundation marks 5000 magazines in its free research archive and outlines the next phase of digitization, access, and preservation priorities.
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