I guess this is the answer to this post from 3 months ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33735503
Confirmed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35176585
Vesuvius Challenge
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Re: Vesuvius Challenge
#32Why has the team not tried to use terahertz tomography, if X rays gave such poor signal to noise ratio?
Re: Vesuvius Challenge
#33Why has the team not tried to use terahertz tomography, if X rays gave such poor signal to noise ratio?
Or gamma rays?
I'd guess terahertz might not provide sufficient resolution or penetrate deeply enough. Or maybe not even provide better discrimination than X rays.
Re: Vesuvius Challenge
#34I guess this is the answer to this post from 3 months ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33735503
Someone called it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33736675
> Maybe decoding Herculaneum scrolls?