# Mocella 2015: Revealing letters in rolled Herculaneum papyri by X-ray phase-contrast imaging

> Vito Mocella, Emmanuel Brun, Claudio Ferrero et al., 2015. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The first step in the imaging history.

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# Revealing letters in rolled Herculaneum papyri by X-ray phase-contrast imaging

Vito Mocella, Emmanuel Brun, Claudio Ferrero et al., 2015. _Nature Communications 6, 5895_.

Reports letter-shaped signals inside a closed Herculaneum roll from phase-contrast tomography at the ESRF, the first claim of text inside an unopened roll.

**Herculaneum Papyri and the Vesuvius Challenge** Articledoi: **[10.1038/ncomms6895](https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6895)** Checked against the original0

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The first step in the imaging history.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[Phase-contrast tomography shows letter signals inside a closed roll](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/events/EVT0D367SSA7X0T/phase-contrast-tomography-shows-letter-signals-inside-a)

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[The Herculaneum Papyri and the Vesuvius Challenge](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri)

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## Cite it

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Mocella, V., Brun, E., Ferrero, C., & Delattre, D. (2015). Revealing letters in rolled Herculaneum papyri by X-ray phase-contrast imaging. Nature Communications 6, 5895. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6895
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