Thursday, April 21

"Decoded at last: the 'classical holy grail' that may rewrite the history of the world
Scientists begin to unlock the secrets of papyrus scraps bearing long-lost words by the literary giants of Greece and Rome"

The idea that in a few months I might be able to read material that hasn't be read in hundreds of hears, if not thousands is an intriguiing one.
And a bit scary too, as it opens up the possibilities of 'what might have been' had we had the knowledge of what those old 'literary giants' wrote as our current culture was growing.

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