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He ran from Vesuvius with coins, lamp and a mortar, and now AI brings his final story into view

Archaeologists and researchers at the ancient Roman site of Pompeii have used artificial intelligence for the first time to digitally reconstruct the face of one of the victims of the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius that smothered the city, offering a new way to understand one of history's most fam...

He ran from Vesuvius with coins, lamp and a mortar, and now AI brings his final story into view
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Archaeologists and researchers at the ancient Roman site of Pompeii have used artificial intelligence for the first time to digitally reconstruct the face of one of the victims of the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius that smothered the city, offering a new way to understand one of history's most famous natural disasters.

Originally published at Phys.org

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