The Herculaneum Papyri

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

Education, History

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In the mid-18th century, excavations in the ancient town of Herculaneum, just outside the city of Pompeii and destroyed by the same volcano, discovered something….interesting. They found a villa that contained 1800 ancient scrolls. Unfortunately, the volcano's heat carbonized them, making them illegible and incredibly fragile. Still, for over 250 years, scholars have hoped that techniques would eventually be developed to allow these scrolls to be read. That day may have finally arrived. Learn more about the Herculaneum Papyri and the attempts to read and preserve their ancient knowledge on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available nationally, look for a bottle of Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond at your local store. Find out more at heavenhilldistillery.com/hh-bottled-in-bond.php Sign up today at butcherbox.com/daily and use code daily to choose your free offer and get $20 off. Visit BetterHelp.com/everywhere today to get 10% off your first month. Use the code EverythingEverywhere for a 20% discount on a subscription at Newspapers.com. Visit meminto.com and get 15% off with code EED15. Listen to Expedition Unknown wherever you get your podcasts. Get started with a $13 trial set for just $3 at harrys.com/EVERYTHING. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Ben Long & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In the mid-18th century, excavations in the ancient town of Herculaneum just outside the city of Pompeii and destroyed by the same volcano, discovered something interesting.
0:11.0	They found a villa that contained about 1800 ancient scrolls.
0:15.0	Unfortunately, the volcanoes heat carbonized them, making them illegible and incredibly fragile.
0:20.0	Still, for over 250 years, scholars have hoped that techniques would eventually be developed to allow these scrolls to be read.
0:27.0	That day may finally have arrived.
0:30.0	Learn more about the Herculaneum Papai and the attempts to read and preserve their ancient knowledge on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. The Welcome to the I Can't Sleep Podcast with Benjamin Foster. If you're tired of sleepless nights, you'll love the I Can't Sleep Podcast.
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2:27.0	stay safe. There are several different aspects to this story, but before I get into anything, I should
2:36.9	explain what exactly the Herculaneum papyrae are and why this is worth discussing.
2:43.0	Herculaneum was a small coastal community on the Mediterranean coast not far from Pompeii.
2:48.0	During the Roman era, it was an enclave for the Roman elite.
2:52.0	I've previously done an episode on Pompeii
2:54.4	so I'm not going to repeat what happened there but suffice it to say that
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