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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

University of Manchester (Science Alert, 19 May 2020) - Dead Sea Scroll Fragments Thought to Be Blank Turn Out to Have Hidden Text Inscribed

Title:
Dead Sea Scroll Fragments Thought to Be Blank Turn Out to Have Hidden Text Inscribed

Author:
Peter Cockrill

Published:
Science Alert, 19 May 2020
https://www.sciencealert.com/dead-sea-scroll-fragments-thought-to-be-blank-turn-out-to-have-hidden-text-inscribed

From the article:
"Scientists have realised that a set of blank fragments housed for over 20 years at the University of Manchester are not unmarked after all – and actually contain ancient inscriptions hidden to the eye, but viewable with the aid of multispectral imaging."