Eureka! Extraordinary discovery unlocks secrets of the ancients

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Independent on Sunday
By David Keys and Nicholas Pyke
17 April 2005


Thousands of previously illegible manuscripts containing work by some of the greats of classical literature are being read for the first time using technology which experts believe will unlock the secrets of the ancient world.

Among treasures already discovered by a team from Oxford University are previously unseen writings by classical giants including Sophocles, Euripides and Hesiod. Invisible under ordinary light, the faded ink comes clearly into view when placed under infra-red light, using techniques developed from satellite imaging.

The Oxford documents form part of the great papyrus hoard salvaged from an ancient rubbish dump in the Graeco-Egyptian town of Oxyrhynchus more than a century ago. The thousands of remaining documents, which will be analysed over the next decade, are expected to include works by Ovid and Aeschylus, plus a series of Christian gospels which have been lost for up to 2,000 years.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=630166

[Tux]

1. Mmmmm

series of Christian gospels which have been lost for up to 2,000 years.

If they were written 2000 years ago or so, it should let us know exactly what Jesus taught and could make Dobson, Falwell, et al seem like heretics.

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3. LOL

Let's hope they do but if they do, we'll probably have to learn of it from the British press.

[undergroundpanther]

2. Cool!!

I am sort of a gnostic and I have been waiting for more discoveries.. to learn more about the mysteries!!
Can't wait until it's published.

It's funny our world is starving for deep thinking philosophy,ethics,spiritual(note I didn't say RELIGIOUS)wisdom.Beliefs like social Darwinism,manifest destiny,Pragmatic utilitarianism has replaced and infected too much of our natural wisdom with self serving crap,that harms .. and so when no modern scholars are able to teach,wisdom..or the mysteries,the ancients texts come back to life again.

[ooglymoogly]

4. WOW!!!!!!

this evolution and use of technology is truly astounding. now we just have to hurry up the translation. cant wait

[ooglymoogly]

5. on reflection nominated for greatest eom