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    2. Wurzburg Center for Epicurean Studies 5

      • Cassius
      • April 15, 2019 at 10:45 AM
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    2. Work at the University of Kentucky / Brent Seales / Digital Restoration Initiative

      • Cassius
      • August 25, 2019 at 9:33 AM
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    2. Vesuvius Challenge Press Conference 10/12/23 - Sounds Like Significant Progress Using AI 5

      • Cassius
      • October 13, 2023 at 7:12 AM
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    2. Sources For Study of Ongoing Recovery of Herculaneum Texts

      • Cassius
      • April 15, 2019 at 10:44 AM
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    2. Possible new method for reading Herculaneum scrolls 8

      • Todd
      • October 4, 2019 at 2:47 PM
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      • May 27, 2024 at 9:40 AM
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    4. Don

      May 27, 2024 at 9:40 AM

    2. PBS: The Herculaneum scrolls 6

      • Don
      • October 21, 2024 at 8:30 AM
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      October 23, 2024 at 12:48 PM

    2. On Nature Book 28 - Reconstruction By David Sedley - 1973 Article (Discussion) 3

      • Cassius
      • April 15, 2019 at 10:53 AM
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      • April 17, 2019 at 2:43 PM
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    4. Hiram

      April 17, 2019 at 2:43 PM

    2. New October 19, 2019, Video On The Status of Scroll Research From The Getty Museum 1

      • Cassius
      • October 20, 2019 at 6:02 AM
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      • October 20, 2019 at 7:52 AM
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    2. New Article in 'Nature' - April 23rd, 2025

      • Joshua
      • April 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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    2. Major Herculaneum Scroll News: "In the closing section of the text our author takes a parting shot at his adversaries, who 'have nothing to say about pleasure, either in general or in particular, when it is a question of definition.'” 12

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      • February 5, 2024 at 12:08 PM
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    2. interesting interview with Nat Friedman on the Vesuvius scrolls project

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      • June 23, 2024 at 11:20 AM
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    2. Herculaneum scrolls - National Science Foundation News 1

      • Don
      • November 29, 2023 at 10:54 PM
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      November 30, 2023 at 6:24 AM

    2. Article from January 2021 on the Papyri Research Status

      • Cassius
      • April 11, 2021 at 5:22 PM
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    2. American Friends of Herculaneum

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      • October 20, 2019 at 6:21 AM
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    2. Texts of Philodemus "On Anger"

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    2. The Religion of Nature - as supported by Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 4

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    2. New Blog Post From Elli - " Fanaticism and the Danger of Dogmatism in Political and Religious Thought: An Epicurean Reading"

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    2. Best Lucretius translation? 9

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      • June 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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    4. Cassius

      June 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM

    2. New Translation of Epicurus' Works 1

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