Papyrology and Experimental Sciences

For many years the University Federico II (Naples), through the Centro Internazionale per lo Studio dei Papiri Ercolanesi, "Marcello Gigante" (CISPE) has experimented with new technologies for reading, deciphering and preserving carbonized papyri. In particular, the Chartes project (Reggiani 2017, 111), which collects papyrological data, bibliography and images from the Herculaneum papyri, is linked to the Federico3DSU project (https://rthlab.wordpress.com/2017/09/22/federico-3dsu/). In fact Chartes can also be visited through the 3D virtual environment of the Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici. These innovations fall within the general attention of the studies of papyrology for new technologies and experimental sciences presented here.