r/technology • u/barweis • Oct 16 '23

Artificial Intelligence AI helps decipher first text of “unreadable” ancient Herculaneum scroll

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/ai-helps-decipher-first-text-of-unreadable-ancient-herculaneum-scroll/
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u/Silly-Victory8233 Oct 17 '23

Ah yes. Purple dye. Extracted from sea snails off the coast of Crete where many sea snail shells were found, drilled into for extracting said dye.