UK to 'unroll' papyrus scrolls buried by Vesuvius [Kentucky prof has non-invasive scanning technique

Lexington Herald-Leader ^ | Tuesday, May. 19, 2009 | Jim Warren

[Mike Fieschko]

Searched on papyrus and Vesuvius, and didn't see this posted.

Jim Davila's Paleojudaica blog post TECHNOLOGY WATCH: A new effort to unroll those carbonized scrolls from Herculaneum lead me to the newspaper article.

[Mike Fieschko]

ping

[Mike Fieschko]

Hah. The bit I added to the title needs [sic] also. It should be ‘non-invasive’.

[gusopol3]

spaeking of "sic":

more like charcoal briquets [sic] than scrolls," Seales said

why the "sic" here?

[grey_whiskers]

Like, *PING*, folks!

Cheers!

[Mike Fieschko]

why the "sic" here?

My spellchecker caught that spelling (briquets), suggesting 'briquettes', and I didn't look to see if 'briquets' is an acceptable alternative spelling.

[gusopol3]

oh, I see, I thought it was a paste of the original article and wondered how the editor would know if Seales misspelled something when he was speaking (pronunciation not involved)

[BenLurkin]

Ah yes...the Brickettes...

[mylife]

Just send them to one of those hard disk recovery places.

[Savage Beast]

There's a misprint in the next-to-last paragraph (I think)--"10th century B.C." Homer wasn't written down that early. In paragraph 4 of the article it says "10th century A.D."; I think this may be correct. Right?

[I Hate Obama]

Ping

[calex59]

This is all well and good, but in my opinion it isn’t a story until they try to read them and either fail or succeed. Saying they are going to do it isn’t a story, doing it is. The MSM gets desperate in their search for news I guess.

[Utah Binger]

There must be a translator somewhere in Utah? You got a hat? I’ve got rocks!

[Clioman]

It’s probably just me, but I read the article as a subtle request for grant money from some hedge fund moneybags who wants to launder his reputation.

[DrC]

“There’s a misprint in the next-to-last paragraph (I think)—”10th century B.C.” Homer wasn’t written down that early. In paragraph 4 of the article it says “10th century A.D.”; I think this may be correct. Right?”

This is in dispute, but the earliest dates posited are 8th-9th century BC, while others posit 6th-7th century BC. 10th century AD corresponds to Dark Ages/Middle Ages (1066=Norman conquest of England demarks the line between the 2), when the Greek and Roman empires were long dormant.

[Elsie]

I’ve got rocks!

MAybe so; but is your zipper healed enough to actually USE them??

[LongElegantLegs]

Oh, I hope they succeed! How cool!

[Utah Binger]

Aren't you supposed to be in a meeting or something today?

A great Muddy Creek geode from here.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Scientists use MRI at Kadlec to look at ancient Roman scrolls
Tri-City Herald | Thursday, Jul. 10, 2008 | Sara Schilling
Posted on 07/11/2008 9:39:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2044301/posts