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; suddenly poems and works of philosophy are speaking again, 2,000 years after they were sealed in their cedar-wood cabinets in the summer of AD79.
Dangit!
I hate it when they do that.
Arrange it so that one can't download and save the entire article, just print it. That is unkind to trees and very inefficient.
Plus it wasted hours of people's time when one is determined to preserve the entire article.
The above paragraph is very interesting, in that not only have translations been made, but they are available to someone on CD ROM. The following may be of further value in that regard:
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The truly determined to preserve would print it all out, roll it up, and incinerate it. :-)