[snarks_when_bored]

Quite an interesting article (in spite of the solecism which mars its first sentence).

[snarks_when_bored]

Ping

[Publius6961]

I think a search of the previous post of this article, without the word "Focus:", would be illuminating.
Although I read this article last week, I am sure many truly interested parties missed it.

[ProudVet77]

When the light is broken into components by multi-spectral imaging (MSI), scientists can detect the unique signatures of the elements and compounds in the body that emitted it.

Gotta get me one of these for the superbowl party. We'd be able to trace "ownership".

[Dark Skies]

bump

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks! Added to the catalog.

Focus: The search for the lost library of Rome
The Sunday Times (UK) ^ | January 23 2005 | Robert Harris
Posted on 01/23/2005 11:33:31 AM PST by RightWingAtheist
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1326776/posts

Experts urge race against time to unearth last secrets of Herculaneum s lost library
The Scotsman ^ | Wed 27 Mar 2002 | Tim Cornwell
Posted on 04/03/2002 4:32:14 PM PST by Korth
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/659052/posts

Tales from the Crypt
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/f-news/895667/posts
Copyright Infringement complaint from Vanity Fair/Condé Nast
Email
Posted on 09/23/2003 1:40:22 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/987943/posts

[Sam the Sham]

Fascinating, when you recall that much of what classical text we have was translated from Classical or Vulgar Latin into Arabic and then translated again from Arabic to Medieval Spanish to Medieval Latin.

[SunkenCiv]

Not a ping, just a GGG update.

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[siunevada]

wafted by the scent of uncollected rubbish and the fumes of passing motor-scooters, lies a waterlogged hole. ... Dogs defecate in the undergrowth where addicts discard their needles.

Ahhh, the romance of archeology! It's pretty much just like an Indiana Jones movie.

[satchmodog9]

bump

[Adder]

"It follows the first detailed analysis of the 1,800 papyri, now largely unrolled and deciphered thanks to a technique known as multi-spectral imaging (MSI). What appear to the naked eye as jet-black cinders are transformed by MSI into readable text. Thirty thousand images are now legible on CD-Rom;..."

Does deciphered mean translated? If so where are they?[he drools]

Maybe I need to take that Latin refresher course....

[ColoCdn]

Knowledge ping

[redgolum]

Amazing!

I would love to see a list of the texts already found.

[Vic3O3]

ping!

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