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Snufflepuffster t1_isuqrtb wrote

Reply to comment by TechnologicalDarkage in First known map of night sky found hidden in Medieval parchment by TechnologicalDarkage

imo it’s important to note that the optical technique they used recovers the original text from recycled parchment (called a palimpsest). There are thousands of texts like that in libraries all over the world?? so imagine applying this technique to all those documents!

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alvinofdiaspar t1_isus7qk wrote

There is a history of important discoveries using this technique- e.g. Archimedes Codex. One can only imagine and hope for more.

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