--- title: "Some recent discoveries" url: https://daily.dev/posts/some-recent-discoveries-wnlc1k01n source_url: https://quuxplusone.github.io/blog/2026/07/01/blog-roundup type: article source: "Arthur O'Dwyer" published: 2026-07-01T17:19:53.686Z updated: 2026-07-01T17:20:12.842Z tags: ["math"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Some recent discoveries **[Arthur O'Dwyer](https://daily.dev/sources/quuxplusone)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal blog post covering four unrelated recent discoveries: the Vesuvius Challenge team's successful imaging and partial transcription of Herculaneum scroll PHerc. 1667 (a philosophical treatise, ~300-400 words recovered); the rediscovery of three lost songs from Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe found in a British Library manuscript; a proposed (skeptically received) decipherment of the Minoan Linear A script as Semitic; and a real-world art installation featuring the 'hat' aperiodic monotile discovered in 2022. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [What happens when you put AI to work deciphering lost languages?](https://daily.dev/posts/what-happens-when-you-put-ai-to-work-deciphering-lost-languages--shhgx6xjn) · Ars Technica · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Historic Engineering Wonders: Photos That Reveal How They Pulled It Off](https://daily.dev/posts/historic-engineering-wonders-photos-that-reveal-how-they-pulled-it-off-lthxjstdo) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Hackaday Links: April 19, 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-links-april-19-2026-eipytihmg) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#math](https://daily.dev/tags/math) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/some-recent-discoveries-wnlc1k01n)