From CT Scan to Ancient Text: A First Letters Prize Workflow
Our guide to going from a scroll CT scan to an ink prediction — and potentially a $50,000 First Letters Prize!
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$33.5K awarded in July
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A list of updates from the Vesuvius Challenge
~70% of PHerc. 172 is now digitally unwrapped
Automatic unwrapping is starting to kick in
Finally—letters in Scroll 4!
A high-resolution scan reveals ink in PHerc. 1667
Back to the Challenge: $100K Kaggle Surface Detection
Find papyrus surfaces in 3D CT, and help unlock the Herculaneum library.
Multiple scrolls now show Greek letters
Who wants to help read them all?
Column of text from PHerc. 172 (Scroll 5)
These scrolls are full of text! Help us extract it, win prizes and change history forever!