Plato’s Final Hours Recounted In Scroll Found In Vesuvius Ash
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Newly deciphered passages from a papyrus scroll that was buried beneath layers of volcanic ash after the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius may have shed light on the final hours of Plato, a key figure in the history of western philosophy. In a groundbreaking discovery, the ancient scroll was fo … ⌘ Read more