[Twinkie]

Uh . .for me this article mostly highlights the modern glut of plentiful paper and how we mostly take it for granted; and I’m sure there’s a wealth of academic enlightenment that I’m not quite all that sure about. Twinkie

[GreyFriar]

ping

[Verginius Rufus]

Alexander of Aphrodisias was a contemporary of the emperor Septimius Severus.

Now to get public attention, someone needs to write a novel claiming that an illegitimate child of Aristotle's was the ancestor of Judas Iscariot, or maybe of Demetrius the silversmith.

[aruanan]

This is the trouble that comes from recycling.

[MHGinTN]

Wow! Imagine if we had the scrolls from Alexandria destroyed in the great fire!

[Lancey Howard]

Very interesting stuff.
I suspect that these discoveries will lead to a whole lot of scientists racing to reexamine old parchment books to see if the parchment has been recycled.

[NYer]

Ping!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks NYer.

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[SunkenCiv]

Archimedes’ hidden writings revealed with particle accelerator (Stanford)
ap on San Diego Union - Tribune | 8/4/06 | Terence Chea - ap
Posted on 08/04/2006 10:39:30 PM EDT by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678104/posts

related:

Imaging Technology Restores 700-Year-Old Sacred Hindu Text
[ Sarvamoola granthas ]
RIT University News Web | Tuesday, September 19, 2006 | Susan Gawlowicz
Posted on 09/19/2006 12:13:54 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1704296/posts

[Nam Vet]

How cool can discoveries get! Thanks for adding me to your list.....I love it.

Nam Vet