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Infrared Imaging Gives Researchers Better View Of Contents On Ancient Papyrus Scroll

By Merrit Kennedy
Published October 4, 2019 at 3:47 PM CDT

After more than 200 years, with the help of infrared imaging technology, physicists have been able to finally read what's on the back of a draft of Philodemus' History of the Academy.

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