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Eighteenth-century scholars destroyed hundreds of Herculaneum scrolls trying to prise them open
ScienceBlog, 2026. scienceblog.com.
Feature of 28 August 2026 summarising the PHerc. 1667 reading and noting that an attribution to Chrysippus is a working hypothesis.
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ScienceBlog (2026). Eighteenth-century scholars destroyed hundreds of Herculaneum scrolls trying to prise them open. scienceblog.com. https://scienceblog.com/n-eighteenth-century-scholars-destroyed-hundreds-of-herculaneum-scrolls-trying-to-prise-them-open-because-the-eruption-that-buried-the-library-had-carbonised-the-papyrus-shut-and-in-june/
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