Sunday, January 23, 2005

Reopen the Villa of the Papyri?

The Sunday Times has an article about a move to extend excavations at the Villa of the Papyri in Pompeii: there may be more of an intact library down there, the texts now readable with multi-spectral imaging (MSI):
(Optimism) 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.
Clik above or paste:http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1452244,00.html

Thanks to NRO The Corner for the tip. http://www.nationalreview.com/thecorner/corner.asp

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