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A collection of more than 1800 carbonized Greek and Latin papyri, discoveredin the Roman Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum in the middle of 18th century, isthe unique classical library survived from antiquity. Theseancient-Herculaneum-papyri were charred during 79 A.D. Vesuvius eruption, acircumstance which providentially preserved them until now. This magnificentcollection contains valuable work by Greek philosophers, such as Epicurus,Chrysippus and Philodemus, in particular an impressive amount of extensivetreatises by Philodemus of Gadara, an Epicurean philosopher of the 1st centuryBC. The aim of the present study is to read extended and hitherto unknownportions of text hidden inside carbonized-Herculaneum-papyri using enhancedX-ray-phase-contrast-tomography (XPCT) non-destructive technique and a new setof numerical algorithms for virtual-unrolling. This paper documents our successin revealing the largest portion of Greek text ever detected so far insideunopened scrolls, with unprecedented spatial resolution and contrast, allwithout damaging these precious historical manuscripts. Parts of texts havebeen decoded and the 'voice' of Epicurean philosopher Philodemus is broughtback again after 2000 years from rolled-up carbonized Herculaneum-papyri.

Enhanced X-ray-phase-contrast-tomography brings new clarity to the 2000-year-old 'voice' of Epicurean philosopher Philodemus