Ancient Greek text concealed on the back of unrolled papyrus revealed through shortwave-infrared hyperspectral imaging

Authors: A. Tournié, K. Fleischer, I. Bukreeva, F. Palermo, M. Perino, A. Cedola, C. Andraud, G. Ranocchia

Published: 2019-10-04

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav8936

Source: Full article

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Abstract

Described here is the first successful uncovering of the reverse-side text of an unrolled papyrus through an imaging technique.