Rudenc Ruka

[Vesuvius Challenge @scrollprize]

We're announcing over $500,000 in new prizes for 2024! Join us as we read more of the Herculaneum scrolls!
https://t.co/8dV74MxalN

[Nat Friedman @natfriedman]

Ten months ago, we launched the Vesuvius Challenge to solve the ancient problem of the Herculaneum Papyri, a library of scrolls that were flash-fried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Today we are overjoyed to announce that our crazy project has succeeded. After 2000 years, we can finally read the scrolls:
This image was produced by @Youssef_M_Nader, @LukeFarritor, and @JuliSchillij, who have now won the Vesuvius Challenge Grand Prize of $700,000. Congratulations!!

These fifteen columns come from the very end of the first scroll we have been able to read and contain new text from the ancient world that has never been seen before. The author – probably Epicurean philosopher Philodemus – writes here about music, food, and how to enjoy life's pleasures. In the closing section, he throws shade at unnamed ideological adversaries – perhaps the stoics? – who "have nothing to say about pleasure, either in general or in particular."

This year, the Vesuvius Challenge continues. The text that we revealed so far represents just 5% of one scroll.

In 2024, our goal is to from reading a few passages of text to entire scrolls, and we're announcing a new $100,000 grand prize for the first team that is able to read at least 90% of all four scrolls that we have scanned.

The scrolls stored in Naples that remain to be read represent more than 16 megabytes of ancient text. But the villa where the scrolls were found was only partially excavated, and scholars tell us that there may be thousands more scrolls underground. Our hope is that the success of the Vesuvius Challenge catalyzes the excavation of the villa, that the main library is discovered, and that whatever we find there rewrites history and inspires all of us.

It's been a great joy to work on this strange and amazing project. Thanks to Brent Seales for laying the foundation for this work over so many years, thanks to the friends and Twitter users whose donations powered our effort, and thanks to the many contestants whose contributions have made the Vesuvius Challenge successful!

Read more in our announcement: https://t.co/rUlrdGXBMs

[Tom Gara @tomgara]

A teen hacked Nvidia, got arrested, was released on bail under police supervision. Police confiscated his laptop and put him in a motel room. He then used the Amazon fire stick connected to his motel room TV to hack Rockstar and steal GTA 6 clips https://t.co/8vNxyg2CGZ

[Rudenc Ruka @Rudenci]

A genetic history of the Balkans from Roman frontier to Slavic migrations: Cell https://t.co/jhKU7RXUfA

[Rudenc Ruka @Rudenci]

@AlbHistory A similiar toponym (Fusha e Gjarprit) was still in use, as recorded by Xhevdet Pasha, during the 19th century in the area of Shkodra (https://t.co/TuwbGSNWKo).

[Alisa ne botën e çudirave @BrahoAlisa]

Reagon Nexh Spahiu: Metallica s’duhet ta kishin perdorur flamurin e 🇦🇱

[Rudenc Ruka @Rudenci]

@AlbHistory @CarolynPPerry I think this post deserves the right credit https://t.co/65IAn0KhCS

[🅰ntiquity Journal @AntiquityJ]

It can sometimes be difficult to differentiate man-made #lithic tools from naturally fractured rocks.

As Antarctica has never been occupied by primates, it acts as a perfect location to source naturally fractured stones for comparison. #StoneSunday

🆓 https://t.co/QwP8NFap7Z

[Gareth Harney @OptimoPrincipi]

A tidal wave of new primary sources from the ancient world could very soon be on its way - enough to keep scholars busy for decades! The first words have being read from digitally ‘unrolled’ carbonised scrolls from a Roman library in Herculaneum! (Image: Nat Friedman)

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

Controversial 1,000-year-old 'alien bodies' have passed lab tests - Euronews

The investigation found that the mummies were "recently made".

"They were created from animal and human bones joined together with synthetic glue. The bones, in turn, were covered with a mixture of plant fibers and synthetic glue to simulate skin," said the report from the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Science in Peru.

[Rudenc Ruka @Rudenci]

@KuciMario @albanianstats Probably but it still distorts the outcome of the statistical result and as a consequence it provides unrealistic perceptions to the general public.

[Rudenc Ruka @Rudenci]

@albanianstats How do you count/affiliate children with parents from Albania but of different origins?

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

Watch till the end. Notice a pattern? Global temperature change - 1850 to June 2023. We're quickly spiralling out of control.

No time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #renewables

[Albanian Stats @albanianstats]

Percentage who correctly answered false to the following claim: "The earliest humans lived at the same time as the dinosaurs" by country in Europe, according to a 2021 Eurobarometer poll. Albania and Kosovo had the lowest percentages.

[Daulina Osmani @DaulinaOsmani]

Donjeta Sadiku's address to the public after she was denied participation in 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships under Kosova flag and anthem.

🇽🇰🥊

[Xavi Ruiz @xruiztru]

2,200 years old Gazintap Castle destroyed by the earthquake in Turkey.

Before vs Now.

[The News Spark @TheNewsSpark]

❗🇹🇷 The Gaziantep Castle, which was built more than 2,200 years ago, collapsed during the earthquake.

#Turkey #TurkeyEarthquake #earthquake #BreakingNews #deprem #Syria

[Zack Labe @ZLabe]

Please watch - this is our planet heating up... 🌡️

[Visualization: @NASAViz (https://t.co/FlL26Ul00f). Data: @NASAGISS (https://t.co/8pB26JbSzJ). Info: @NASAClimate (https://t.co/vrIjfa06MX).]