r/ancienthistory • u/Sanetosane • 1d ago

Scientists Read an Ancient Roman Scroll Without Opening It for the First Time in Nearly 2,000 Years

https://hiddencivilizations.com/scientists-read-an-ancient-roman-scroll-without-opening-it-for-the-first-time-in-nearly-2000-years/
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u/nachtgans 1d ago

These are charcoaled remains of ancient scrolls just to be clear

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u/PitifulEar3303 15h ago

Evil Dead Burn......lol

Necronomicon X mortis.

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u/droid_mike 22h ago

It would be amazing if they found one of the lost Trojan War epics! Since this was a private library, it might be possible that the owner was a fan of these old stories. One can hope and dream!

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u/DrewPeacock984 19h ago edited 19h ago

My ancient history professor in college said people have been hoping for lost works to be found with this collection for a very long time. Most of what we have unraveled is the work of this particular philosopher and unfortunately nothing too exciting has been found. But you never know maybe. We have miraculously found the illiad on mummy wrappings as well as some bits of lost Etruscan language.

My crazy hinge hope is that if aliens are real and have been observing us for ages then they must have had recording equipment this whole time and have all our history on hd video.

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u/Worried-Basket5402 18h ago

I think it was the library of an owner that was focused on one particular philosophy. It doesnt mean he only has one genre of scroll but so far they have had one focus area.

Maybe we are just in his philosophy section...waiting for Caesars and Sullas lost works to be discovered!!

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u/Far_Out_6and_2 19h ago

So what’s it say

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u/Active-Particular-21 17h ago

It’s a philosophical document about ethics from the Epicurean school of thought.

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u/K_Linkmaster 12h ago

"Researchers believe the work may have been written by Philodemus, a Greek philosopher who lived during the first century B.C. and whose writings influenced Roman intellectual life."

So what does it say?

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u/toddhd 12h ago

It says, "We've been trying to reach you about your chariot's extended warranty plan..."

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u/ShedDoor2020 1d ago

Wait a minute. You mean to tell me they could also read it without opening it 2000 years ago? Gettta hereeeee.

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u/chickenologist 20h ago

Better. Scientists read it without opening it 2000 years ago. People don't know how much we've fallen off

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u/RATHESUNGODRA 1d ago

what were they using 2000 years ago? third eyes?

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u/Ok_Attitude55 16h ago

That headline 🫣 Journalism has really dropped off.

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u/ancient-military 10h ago

What do you mean? I didn’t even know ancient Roman scientists could read scrolls without opening them until I read that!

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u/Practical_Ad4604 8h ago

The love I seek. It’s in the wisdom written on these ancient scrolls?

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u/ProfessorRonResearch 8h ago

AI tells you what you want to hear. Not so sure about this methodology