To help read 2,000-year-old scrolls burned by Vesuvius, Berkeley scientists had students write on modern papyrus, then burned it; leaded ink absorbed up to 25 times more X-rays than charred papyrus
- Representative Image (AI-generated)What if the best way to understand a 2,000-year-old burned scroll is to make one yourself and set it on fire?
- Scientists did just that to investigate how writing might be recovered from carbonised papyrus scrolls buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
- In a study published in PLOS ONE, researchers created modern papyrus scrolls, wrote on them with ink containing different amounts of lead and then carbonised them in a low-oxygen environment.
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- Representative Image (AI-generated)What if the best way to understand a 2,000-year-old burned scroll is to make one yourself and set it on fire?
- Scientists did just that to investigate how writing might be recovered from carbonised papyrus scrolls buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
- In a study published in PLOS ONE, researchers created modern papyrus scrolls, wrote on them with ink containing different amounts of lead and then carbonised them in a low-oxygen environment.
Sources: Times of India