New Imaging Techniques May Unlock Ancient Secrets

[DudeAsInCool]

Eureka! Extraordinary discovery unlocks secrets of the ancients

By David Keys and Nicholas Pyke

Thousands of previously illegible manuscripts containing work by some of the greats of classical literature are being read for the first time using technology which experts believe will unlock the secrets of the ancient world.

Read more here:

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/scienc...sp?story=630166

[Shawn]

:good job:

[Ken]

I would really liked to have read more of the Mayan codices.

Too bad the fucking Spanish BURNED 99% of it.

No imaging technique is going to bring that back.

[DudeAsInCool]

Here is some more info on the fascinating process of deciphering papyrus documents:

http://www.slate.com/id/2116902/

[method77]

I've read everything about the Maya culture. A very strange civilasation...(sp?)