Virtual unrolling and deciphering of Herculaneum papyri by X-ray phase-contrast tomography.
Virtual unrolling and deciphering of Herculaneum papyri by X-ray phase-contrast tomography.
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10.1038/srep27227
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发表时间：
2016-06-06
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4.6
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Cedola A
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Bukreeva I;Mittone A;Bravin A;Festa G;Alessandrelli M;Coan P;Formoso V;Agostino RG;Giocondo M;Ciuchi F;Fratini M;Massimi L;Lamarra A;Andreani C;Bartolino R;Gigli G;Ranocchia G;Cedola A
在赫库兰尼姆的罗马别墅中发现了1800多份碳化纸莎草纸，是唯一一个从古代幸存下来的古典图书馆。这些纸莎草纸是在公元79年维苏威火山喷发期间烧焦的，当时的情况一直保存到现在。这本宏伟的藏书包含了令人印象深刻的希腊哲学家的论文数量，特别是公元前1世纪伊壁鸠鲁派思想家加达拉的斐洛德摩斯。我们利用增强型X射线相衬成像无损检测技术和一套新的虚拟展开数值算法，阅读了许多隐藏在碳化的Herculaneum Papyri中的文本部分。我们的成功在于揭示了迄今为止在未打开的卷轴中发现的希腊文本的最大部分，具有前所未有的空间分辨率和对比度，所有这些都没有损坏这些珍贵的历史手稿。部分文本已被破译，伊壁鸠鲁派哲学家斐洛德摩斯的“声音”在2000年后从赫库兰尼姆纸质纸中再次被带回来。
A collection of more than 1800 carbonized papyri, discovered in the Roman ‘Villa dei Papiri’ at Herculaneum is the unique classical library survived from antiquity. These papyri were charred during 79 A.D. Vesuvius eruption, a circumstance which providentially preserved them until now. This magnificent collection contains an impressive amount of treatises by Greek philosophers and, especially, Philodemus of Gadara, an Epicurean thinker of 1st century BC. We read many portions of text hidden inside carbonized Herculaneum papyri using enhanced X-ray phase-contrast tomography non-destructive technique and a new set of numerical algorithms for ‘virtual-unrolling’. Our success lies in revealing the largest portion of Greek text ever detected so far inside unopened scrolls, with unprecedented spatial resolution and contrast, all without damaging these precious historical manuscripts. Parts of text have been decoded and the ‘voice’ of the Epicurean philosopher Philodemus is brought back again after 2000 years from Herculaneum papyri.