Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Technology To The Rescue
Scientists are using x-ray flourescence to recover texts by Archimedes from a previously undecipherable 10th century palimpsest. The manuscript is especially interesting since it includes several different works, including the only known Greek copy of On Floating Bodies. Read the full article HERE . It will be interesting to see if this can be used on other palimpsests. No telling what might turn up.
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