Egypt
More about using light beams to reveal texts on unreadable manuscripts.
The article is accompanied by an animation to show how the technique operates.
- X-ray Imaging And Coherence Facility
Photonicsonline Thanks to Kat for picking this one up. As she says it is not specific to Ancient Egypt but it is certainly relevant. The University of Manchester has joined forces with Diamond Light Source, the UK's national synchrotron science facility,...
- Shining A Light On The Past
The Economist Not specific to Egyptology but may well be of use here as elsewhere. Having spent part of an afternoon under a black-out sheet with a carved rock, a fellow archaeologist and a high powered torch each to try and work out the patterns carved...
- Next Age Of Discovery
WSJ.com (Alexandra Altra) With slideshow and an excellent list of online resources available. In a 21st-century version of the age of discovery, teams of computer scientists, conservationists and scholars are fanning out across the globe in a race to...
- Video: Meresamun
Discovery News See the above page for the video. The face of Meresamun, a priestess who sang in the temples of Ancient Egypt hundreds of years before the birth of Christ, has been revealed to the world for the first time thanks to a X-ray with a light...
- Particle Accelerator May Shed New Light On Ancient Egypt
The Times Online (Mark Henderson) A scientific instrument is to transform research into the Ancient World by using a light ten billion times brighter than the Sun to reveal the secrets of statues, mummies and sarcophagi. The imaging facility at the Diamond...
Egypt
'Super-scope' to see hidden texts
More about using light beams to reveal texts on unreadable manuscripts.
The hidden content in ancient works could be illuminated by a light source 10 billion times brighter than the Sun. The technique employs Britain's new facility, the Diamond synchrotron, and could be used on works such as the Dead Sea Scrolls or musical scores by Bach. Intense light beams will enable scientists to uncover the text in scrolls and books without having to open - and potentially damage - them. The research was presented at the British Association science festival.
- X-ray Imaging And Coherence Facility
Photonicsonline Thanks to Kat for picking this one up. As she says it is not specific to Ancient Egypt but it is certainly relevant. The University of Manchester has joined forces with Diamond Light Source, the UK's national synchrotron science facility,...
- Shining A Light On The Past
The Economist Not specific to Egyptology but may well be of use here as elsewhere. Having spent part of an afternoon under a black-out sheet with a carved rock, a fellow archaeologist and a high powered torch each to try and work out the patterns carved...
- Next Age Of Discovery
WSJ.com (Alexandra Altra) With slideshow and an excellent list of online resources available. In a 21st-century version of the age of discovery, teams of computer scientists, conservationists and scholars are fanning out across the globe in a race to...
- Video: Meresamun
Discovery News See the above page for the video. The face of Meresamun, a priestess who sang in the temples of Ancient Egypt hundreds of years before the birth of Christ, has been revealed to the world for the first time thanks to a X-ray with a light...
- Particle Accelerator May Shed New Light On Ancient Egypt
The Times Online (Mark Henderson) A scientific instrument is to transform research into the Ancient World by using a light ten billion times brighter than the Sun to reveal the secrets of statues, mummies and sarcophagi. The imaging facility at the Diamond...