Italian researchers claim to have located the exact burial spot of Plato. As they point out, the study by the Italian Research Foundation was based on papyri from the site of Hercolano, near Naples. According to the research, led by the Italian papyrologist Graziano Ranocchia, Plato was buried in the “Academy” that bears his name in Athens, in a garden near the “temple of the Muses”. This important discovery, according to what has become known, is due to a new reading of a papyrus of Philodemus the Epicurean, which contains the History of the “Academy”. The papyri were “read” by a bionic eye, which, despite being charred by the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. which also destroyed Pompeii, was able to discover this new, useful information. The whole research started three years ago and will be completed in 2026. The bionic eye detected a thousand new words, compared to the previous one, which was done in 1991, that is 30% more text. The Italian researchers […]
Source: News Beast
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