2,000 years later, scientists finally know what's in these charred Roman scrolls

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2,000 years later, scientists finally know what's in these charred Roman scrolls

For over two millennia, scrolls from the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum eluded analysis. Left buried under the ashes when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, the scrolls were preserved -- but in a charred and illegible state.

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