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To read 2,000-year-old burned scrolls, scientists burn their own - Phys.org

To read 2,000-year-old burned scrolls, scientists burn their own - Phys.org

Douglas Seiler painstakingly sourced papyrus and reed pens from Egypt and traditional lampblack ink from Japan, then paid some high school students to inscribe the papyrus with lines from Star Wars and the Bible and a quote from the '60s sci-fi TV show The Ou…

Douglas Seiler painstakingly sourced papyrus and reed pens from Egypt and traditional lampblack ink from Japan, then paid some high school students to inscribe the papyrus with lines from Star Wars a… [+12762 chars]

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