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by pseingatl 1724 days ago
More texts are on the way. The Villa Papiri texts will soon become readable, it is hoped, through the application of modern technology. These charred scrolls were part of a library at Pompeii.

Odd that he didn't mention these at all.

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All the interesting charred scrolls are still to be dug up; what we have is from the top-floor "reading room". Italy is holding off excavation because they do not get enough money to preserve what is already exposed.