Discovery Herculaneum Scrolls: A 20-Year Journey to Read the Unreadable Scott Admin posted on 3 years ago — updated on 1 second ago 283 views Brent Seales, computer science professor at the University of Kentucky, discusses his work, spanning two decades, of rescuing ancient text like the carbonized scrolls of Herculaneum. history discovery pompeii Herculaneum scrolls Scott Follow Author, educator, musician, dancer and all around creative type. Founder of "The Happy Now" website and the online jewelry store "Silver and Sage".