As a work of an important ancient Greek philosopher, a charred papyrus was identified in a Roman villa burned under the ash when Vesuvius exploded almost 2,000 years ago. The researchers, by applying the method of radiography, managed to identify traces of letters that reveal that the text is part of a multi -volume work entitled Kakion, written by the Epicurean philosopher Philodemus in the 1st century BC. Papyrus is one of three from ancient Erolano kept in the Oxford Bodleian libraries. “It is the first papyrus in which ink could be clearly distinguished in scanning,” said Dr. Michael McCter, a papyriologist at University College, London, who works with Oxford researchers to read the text. “No one knew what it contained. We didn’t even know if he had writing. ” Papyrus is one of the hundreds found in the library of a luxurious Roman villa, believed to belong to Julius Caesar’s father -in -law. […]
Source: News Beast
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