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Advances in Reading the Herculaneum Scrolls
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Advances in Reading the Herculaneum Scrolls
July 19, 2016 at 11:40 pm
Slowly for certain.

http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/sum...unreadable


Quote:Now, Vito Mocella, who is an expert in condensed matter physics and electromagnetism, and Papyrologist Daniel Delattre, have joined forces to make the scrolls legible again. Using their expertise and the help of the synchrotron particle accelerator, they are slowly on their way to more easily deciphering the scrolls once and for all, using the noninvasive technique (see the video below).

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Advances in Reading the Herculaneum Scrolls - by Minimalist - July 19, 2016 at 11:40 pm
RE: Advances in Reading the Herculaneum Scrolls - by Minimalist - September 22, 2016 at 12:14 pm
RE: Advances in Reading the Herculaneum Scrolls - by vorlon13 - September 22, 2016 at 6:13 pm

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