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X-ray scans plus machine-learning ink detection revealed the word 'purple' in 2023, and the 2023 Grand Prize read about 2,000 characters of an unknown philosophical text, probably by Philodemus. It was a public prize with a clear verifier, and hundreds of scrolls remain.
Closed 2023–2024, Vesuvius Challenge: first passages read from inside a sealed scroll.
What would settle it
Legible text confirmed by papyrologists
Prize
Vesuvius Challenge prizes