Decoding the Scrolls- VIDEO

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Something interesting
for Earth Day
National Geographic: April 10, 2006— Digitally archived texts, now being decoded, found centuries ago in the in the ancient Roman village of Herculaneum!... The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D 79 entombed the town in lava and ash, but the blackened papyruses survived! (Barely)
Click on the image (above) Watch a short video by National Geographic! This interesting VIDEO shows new technology (developed by NASA)employed to reveal the scrolls' hidden words.~~~~A record of the destruction of Herculaneum and Pompeii isfound in Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) and in Dio Cassius (AD 150-235). This last author also reports that the ashes of the eruption reached Africa (the modern Libya), Syria and Egypt, and caused pestilence.
The memory of the lost cities lasted for centuries. The vestiges of a lost town called "La Civita" (from the latin Civitas-town) were commonly found by farmers. The systematic excavation of Pompeii started only in the XVIII century by the order of Charles III, King of the Two Sicilies.~~~~