ERC Synergy Grant
Award year: 2025
Category: Scholarship / Grant
Type: ERC Synergy Grant
Awarding organization: Europäischer Forschungsrat (ERC)
A unique collection of papyrus scrolls fell victim to the
eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. They were rediscovered in the 18th
century, but the carbonized scrolls are badly charred, fused together,
and remain largely illegible. An international project involving FAU now hopes to
change that by combining and refining cutting-edge technology to
reconstruct the records. They also intend to use AI algorithms.