Researchers are using X-rays to discover invisible markings left on ancient parchment containing information from the Greek ...
Synchrotron radiation has revealed a star map made by the ancient astronomer Hipparchus that was thought to be lost to time ...
The parchments initially contained references to a star catalog and maps created during the second century B.C.E.
The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.