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• Powerful "light scope" used to unearth ancient texts

  Published: September 13, 2007, 4:01 pm

  Tags: Ancient Texts, Ancienttexts, Diamond Synchrotron, Diamondsynchrotron, Documents, Research, Science, Scrolls, University Of Cardiff, Universityofcardiff, X Ray

  X-ray-like device called the Diamond Synchrotron (no, seriously), and a computer algorithm that pieces together layers of text to create a three dimensional, readable images of an iron-inked document. Professor Tim Wess, lead researcher on the projects says, "We've folded up a real piece of parchment and then done a process of X-ray tomography on

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