This firewood-looking thing is a scroll that might contain a lost literary masterpiece. Advanced scanning and AI technology aims to virtually unroll it, flatten it, and detect minuscule remnants of ink. Courtesy: Vesuvius ChallengeCan AI Unlock the Secrets of the Ancient World?Almost 2,000 years ago, a volcano preserved Herculaneum’s vast library of scrolls but left them unreadable. A volunteer army of nerds has been racing to decipher them.February 5, 2024, 9:00 AM UTCA few years ago, during on...