Archaeology

$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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