Lead ink discovered in carbonized scrolls from the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum

Almost 2000 years after a volcano buried the city of Herculaneum, we may have discovered a way to read its priceless library of ancient scrolls.

Read more at New Scientist: Lead ink from scrolls may unlock library destroyed by Vesuvius

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