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2005-04-18 Britain

Decoded at last: the 'classical holy grail' that may rewrite the history of the world

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Posted by tipper 2005-04-18 11:05|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Outstanding!

Posted by Ptah 2005-04-18 12:08:16 PM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2005-04-18 12:08:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Roses are red
Olives are green
Daddy likes little boys
And he's oh so mean!
-Pliny the Younger

I'm curious why NASA IR tech is getting so much credit. Wavelength variation and filtering for document evidence study is old hat at the FBI. Hell, CSI does it every other week. Odd why simple IR was not tried on unreadable docs before now. Is this a case of soft-science academics having control and an unwillingness to use outside help - or keep up with scientific & tech advances - for more than a century?

Something's not quite right about this, if you think about it.

Posted by .com 2005-04-18 12:20:07 PM|| 2005-04-18 12:20:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I think it's more a matter of them finally getting around to these documents. I remember seeing references to this technique being used on the Dead Sea scrolls a decade ago.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-04-18 12:26:14 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-04-18 12:26:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Lol - you're prolly right. "Oxford's classicists" are so very very busy, I'm sure, heh. So many teas and luncheons, so little time...

Posted by .com 2005-04-18 12:28:37 PM|| 2005-04-18 12:28:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Very busy indeed. This mentions:
"One article, âDead Sea Scrolls Come to Life in Infrared,â (1987) discusses the then new technologies that helped make the scrolls more accessible. âScientists at the Rochester Institute of Technology have found a way to decipher unreadable fragmentsâ¦ Under infrared light, the original writing is revealedâand even when it isnât, a computer can often fill in whatâs missing. RIT is storing the reconstructed images on CD-ROM disks for remote retrieval."

Posted by James 2005-04-18 1:09:31 PM|| [http://www.idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2005-04-18 1:09:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Odd why simple IR was not tried on unreadable docs before now. I thought that as well. A possible answer is once they are scanned and digitized the software guys take over with their programs that try and piece together the fragments - Its like a jigsaw puzzle with most of the pieces missing. The average classist will know buggerall about software.

Posted by phil_b 2005-04-18 5:11:57 PM|| 2005-04-18 5:11:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Roses are red
violets are purple
I can't see a damn thing
So atoms are in.

The Atom Family fella.

Posted by Shipman 2005-04-18 6:01:43 PM|| 2005-04-18 6:01:43 PM|| Front Page Top

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