The Lost Scrolls of Pompeii: New Revelations with Alice Roberts
The Lost Scrolls of Pompeii: New Revelations with Alice Roberts
Alice uncovers the groundbreaking science being used by computer scientist Brent Seales as he tries to decipher ancient scrolls found at the site of Herculaneum in Italy. Attempts to physically open them have reduced almost all of them to dust, but Brent is combining scanning techniques with his own software to teach a computer to read inside the scrolls without having to open them
The Lost Scrolls of Pompeii: New Revelations with Alice Roberts airs on 5 +1 at 9:00 PM, Friday 13 November. (Subtitles, repeat.)
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Adam Luria
Series Producer
Jonathan Drake
Executive Producer
Steve Maher
Executive Producer