Far-sighted prevention measures prevented catastrophic damage to the Museum by the Palisades fire of January, but months of extensive work have still been needed to prepare the Museum for re-opening […]

A prize of $60,000 has been awarded by the Vesuvius Challenge to Marcel Roth and Micha Nowak who successfully read the end-title of Herculaneum Papyrus 172. Ancient scrolls normally had […]

Last week an astonishing 20 Herculaneum scrolls were scanned at the Diamond Light Source facility near Oxford. Years of work and intensive collaboration have led to this moment. We can […]