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AI Unlocks Ancient Greek Scrolls Destroyed by Mt Vesuvius
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Translation of Ancient Text and Its Historical Significance
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This chapter discusses the winning entry of a challenge to translate ancient text, which consists of 15 columns believed to be written by Philodemus. The text focuses on the pleasures of music and food and their effects on the senses, drawing parallels to a previous discovery of a poem by Lucretius that had a significant impact on history. The chapter also mentions the challenges posed by the modern town built on the site of Herculaneum.
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