Description |
1 online resource (14 minutes) |
Summary |
A report on how modern medical imaging technology is being used to read the ancient papyrus scrolls found in Herculaneum, an Italian city buried by the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD. Includes interviews with: Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, founder, Herculaneum Conservation Project; Massimo Osanna, former administrator of Herculaneum and Pompeii; Brent Seales, computer scientist, University of Kentucky; Vito Mocella, physicist; and Graziano Ranocchia, a papyrologist |
Performer |
Reporter: Bill Whitaker ; interviewees: Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, Massimo Osanna, Brent Seales, Vito Mocella, Graziano Ranocchia |
Notes |
In English |
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Title from title screen (viewed February 05, 2024) |
Subject |
Scrolls -- Italy -- Herculaneum (Extinct city)
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Diagnostic imaging -- Italy -- Herculaneum (Extinct city)
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Italy -- Herculaneum (Extinct city)
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Genre/Form |
Television news programs.
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Téléjournaux.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Whitaker, Bill, 1951- on-screen presenter, interviewer.
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Castelfranco, Sabina, producer
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Lieberman, Marc E., producer
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CBS Corp., publisher.
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CBS News Productions, production company.
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CBS Entertainment (Firm), production company.
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