Ancient Scrolls Buried By Mt. Vesuvius 'Unrolled' Using X-Rays | Video

Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 11:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Hundreds of charred, rolled papyrus scrolls that were buried after the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79 could be virtually unrolled thanks to a new x-ray method of reading them.

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