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X-Rays Unlock Secrets of Ancient Scrolls Buried by Volcano

2015-01-21 03:58:16| Electronics - Topix.net

Scientists have succeeded in reading parts of an ancient scroll that was buried in a volcanic eruption almost 2,000 years ago, holding out the promise that the world's oldest surviving library may one day reveal all of its secrets. The scroll is among hundreds retrieved from the remains of a lavish villa at Herculaneum, which along with Pompeii was one of several Roman towns that were destroyed when Mt.

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