Digital Unwrapping: Homer, Herculaneum, and the Scroll from En-Gedi

Authors

W. Brent Seales, University of KentuckyFollow

Streaming Media

Abstract

Progress over the past fifteen years in the digitization and analysis of text found in cultural objects (inscriptions, manuscripts, scrolls) has led this past year to a new and astonishing discovery. This talk will tell the story of emerging methods for imaging and analysis culminating in a personal account of the discovery, the people involved, and the technical approaches used. The digitization of damaged objects supports a new era of collaboration and exploration that has enabled compelling new discoveries and solutions to long-standing problems.

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

2-17-2017

Notes/Citation Information

A presentation at the University of Kentucky Physics & Astronomy Colloquium in Lexington, KY.

Repository Citation

Seales, W. Brent, "Digital Unwrapping: Homer, Herculaneum, and the Scroll from En-Gedi" (2017). Computer Science Presentations. 6.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cs_present/6