11.29.2007

Grant Mungo: Sci-Fi Archaeologist!

... is what I would name my book about the famed time-hopping adventurer who's latest adventure brings him face to fist with the Iron Fist of Caesar as Mungo attempts to rescue the Great Library of Alexandria from near-certain destruction.

Barring that, this article is pretty cool. I love it when Science solves problems.
clipped from news.bbc.co.uk
Now, scientists from the University of Cardiff have developed a technique that uses a powerful X-ray source to create a three-dimensional image of an iron-inked document.
The team then applies a computer algorithm to separate the image into the different layers of parchment, in effect using the program to unroll the scroll.

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