Herculaneum Text Research

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    2. interesting interview with Nat Friedman on the Vesuvius scrolls project

      • Cleveland Okie
      • June 23, 2024 at 11:20 AM
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    2. Possible new method for reading Herculaneum scrolls 8

      • Todd
      • October 4, 2019 at 2:47 PM
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      • May 27, 2024 at 9:40 AM
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    4. Don

      May 27, 2024 at 9:40 AM

    2. Major Herculaneum Scroll News: "In the closing section of the text our author takes a parting shot at his adversaries, who 'have nothing to say about pleasure, either in general or in particular, when it is a question of definition.'” 12

      • Cassius
      • February 5, 2024 at 12:08 PM
      • Cassius
      • March 16, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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    4. Don

      March 16, 2024 at 7:39 PM

    2. Herculaneum scrolls - National Science Foundation News 1

      • Don
      • November 29, 2023 at 10:54 PM
      • Don
      • November 30, 2023 at 6:24 AM
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    4. Cassius

      November 30, 2023 at 6:24 AM

    2. Vesuvius Challenge Press Conference 10/12/23 - Sounds Like Significant Progress Using AI 5

      • Cassius
      • October 13, 2023 at 7:12 AM
      • Cassius
      • October 13, 2023 at 7:35 PM
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    4. Cleveland Okie

      October 13, 2023 at 7:35 PM

    2. Wurzburg Center for Epicurean Studies 5

      • Cassius
      • April 15, 2019 at 10:45 AM
      • Cassius
      • August 16, 2023 at 12:49 AM
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    4. Joshua

      August 16, 2023 at 12:49 AM

    2. Article from January 2021 on the Papyri Research Status

      • Cassius
      • April 11, 2021 at 5:22 PM
      • Cassius
      • April 11, 2021 at 5:22 PM
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    2. New October 19, 2019, Video On The Status of Scroll Research From The Getty Museum 1

      • Cassius
      • October 20, 2019 at 6:02 AM
      • Cassius
      • October 20, 2019 at 7:52 AM
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    4. Joshua

      October 20, 2019 at 7:52 AM

    2. American Friends of Herculaneum

      • Cassius
      • October 20, 2019 at 6:21 AM
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      • October 20, 2019 at 6:21 AM
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    2. Work at the University of Kentucky / Brent Seales / Digital Restoration Initiative

      • Cassius
      • August 25, 2019 at 9:33 AM
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      • August 25, 2019 at 9:33 AM
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    2. On Nature Book 28 - Reconstruction By David Sedley - 1973 Article (Discussion) 3

      • Cassius
      • April 15, 2019 at 10:53 AM
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      • April 17, 2019 at 2:43 PM
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    4. Hiram

      April 17, 2019 at 2:43 PM

    2. Sources For Study of Ongoing Recovery of Herculaneum Texts

      • Cassius
      • April 15, 2019 at 10:44 AM
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      • April 15, 2019 at 10:44 AM
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    2. An Anti-Epicurean Article - "The Meaning of Life Is Not Happiness" (For Future Reference) 10

      • Cassius
      • November 18, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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      November 18, 2024 at 4:16 PM

    2. Was De Rerum Natura intended as satire? A lecture by THM Gellar-Goad. 14

      • Julia
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      November 11, 2024 at 4:09 PM

    2. New Slideshow: Nothing Comes From Nothing

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      • November 10, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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    2. So You Want To Learn Ancient Greek Or Latin? 72

      • burninglights
      • November 10, 2024 at 11:18 AM
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      November 10, 2024 at 11:18 AM

    2. Questions re Pleasure 2

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      • November 9, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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