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Pompeii archaeologists use AI to reconstruct man killed in volcano's eruption

Archaeologists have used AI for the first time to digitally reconstruct the face of a man killed in the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, offering a new way to understand one of history's most famous natural disasters.

Pompeii archaeologists use AI to reconstruct man killed in volcano's eruption
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Archaeologists have used AI for the first time to digitally reconstruct the face of a man killed in the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, offering a new way to understand one of history's most famous natural disasters.

(Image credit: AP)

Originally published at NPR World

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