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A scroll sealed since 79 AD is fully unwrapped and read

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The Vesuvius Challenge fully unwrapped Herculaneum scroll PHerc. 1667, sealed since 79 AD and read end to end at last, revealing a Stoic treatise on ethics.

Reporting date: 2026-06-26 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to June 26, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Welcome to June 26, 2026

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A scroll sealed since 79 AD is fully unwrapped and read
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-06-26
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-06-26-a-scroll-sealed-since-79-ad-is-read-end-to-end
Claim: The Vesuvius Challenge fully unwrapped Herculaneum scroll PHerc. 1667, sealed since 79 AD and read end to end at last, revealing a Stoic treatise on ethics.
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- Welcome to June 26, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-june-26-2026
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