Will this affect how we live? New technologies allow historians to read ancient texts and identify faces in faded photographs. Some think this will shake our sense of who we are.
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Out of the ashes: Lost for 2,000 years, a recently scanned piece of the Herculaneum scroll has now revealed its secrets about life in the ancient Roman city with the help of a high-energy X-ray beam.