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Researchers used high-speed X-ray imaging at SLAC to reveal erased Greek text in a 1,500-year-old palimpsest, uncovering Hipparchus’ ancient star catalog with surprisingly accurate naked-eye coordinates.
Scientists used advanced X-ray techniques at the Stanford Linear Accelerator to uncover lost writings of Archimedes hidden beneath a medieval prayer book, revealing key theories on mechanics and buoyancy that had been concealed for centuries, with further deciphering expected to take years.
A donated Renaissance-era astronomy book to the Rochester Institute of Technology may contain a hidden treatise, as it appears to be a palimpsest with erased text underneath. The book, a 15th century version of a work by Johannes de Sacrobosco, is suspected to have an older text beneath its words. Another donated book is a famous work by Nicolaus Copernicus from 1543, which postulates that the sun is the center of the universe. The university plans to use imaging science students to decipher the erased words and study the books for advanced work and research.