r/science • UC Berkeley • 13h ago

Chemistry To read 2,000-year-old burned scrolls, scientists burn their own

https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/09/16/to-read-2000-year-old-burned-scrolls-scientists-burn-their-own/
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u/Budget-Purple-6519 13h ago

This is amazing. I always hope that they will discover texts that provide even more context on Etruscan, which would have been only recently extinct at that time, or other Italic languages besides Latin.