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Vesuvius Challenge is a machine learning and computer vision competition to read the Herculaneum scrolls.
This repository contains the source code for Vesuvius Challenge: scroll tools, libraries, our website, data processing scripts, and more.
Libraries for Accessing Scrolls
vesuvius
A Python library for accessing CT scans of ancient scrolls, and for training and running the ML models used throughout the pipeline (e.g. surface prediction).
Machine Learning, Dataset & Rendering Tools
foundation
Tools to build/manage scroll datasets and cloud infrastructure, including photogrammetry masking.
ink-detection
Training and inference tools for Vesuvius Challenge ink detection models, built on the model that won the 2023 Grand Prize.
Originally developed by Youssef Nader and Luke Farritor, extended by the Vesuvius Challenge team.
dinovol
A self-supervised 3D DINO implementation for learning volumetric representations from scroll CT scans.
Automatic Unwrapping (Segmentation) Pipelines
VC3D (surface tracer)
A semi-automatic segmentation pipeline to extract papyrus sheets from CT scans of ancient scrolls. As of September 2025, it is the approach used by the Vesuvius Challenge team. Developed by Hendrik Schilling and Sean Johnson as a fork of Volume Cartographer.
lasagna
A PyTorch-based optimization framework for growing and refining papyrus surface meshes, offered as an alternative to VC3D's GrowPatch. It can jointly optimize several stacked sheets so they stay consistent with each other, and also drives fiber tracing.
spiral fitting
A fully automatic unwrapping pipeline that fits a single, globally coherent spiral to an entire scroll by deforming an ideal spiral to match traced patches, fiber skeletons, and winding annotations. Originally developed by Paul Henderson.
Supporting Resources
scrollprize.org
Source for the Vesuvius Challenge website.
Hugging Face
Released model checkpoints.
Weights & Biases
Training run logs.
Deprecated
thaumato-anakalyptor
A semi-automatic segmentation pipeline to extract papyrus sheets from CT scans of ancient scrolls.
Originally developed by Julian Schilliger. Superseded by VC3D and lasagna.
vesuvius-c
A single-header C library for accessing CT scans of ancient scrolls.
crackle-viewer
A GUI tool to inspect and label ink on virtually unwrapped segments of ancient scrolls.
Originally developed by Julian Schilliger.
discord_chatbot
A Retrieval-Augmented Generation chatbot for answering questions from Discord chat history.