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Super X-rays could unravel Dead Sea Scrolls
Hidden secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls could be unlocked by British
scientists using super-powerful X-rays.
The Diamond Light Source (DLS) in Didcot, England, is a machine the
size of five football pitches that generates X-rays a type of high
energy light 100 billion times brighter than those in a hospital.
Scientists have developed a way of using the beams to read rolled up
parchments too fragile to be unfolded.
The technique has already been used successfully to transcribe a number
of 18th century Scottish legal documents from the National Archive.
In future, researchers hope to probe much more ancient parchments
dating back hundreds or even thousands of years, as well as classical
musical scores written by famous composers.
But the most ambitious goal is to open up hidden passages from the Dead
Sea Scrolls and the Torah, the most revered Jewish document which is
said to record the word of God as revealed to Moses.
There are some parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls that havent been
unrolled, and there are parts of the Tora that havent been seen as
well, said Professor Tim Wess, whose team is developing the technique
at the University of Cardiff.
I understand theres information about a battle between light and
dark.
http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/?jp=mhcwqlojauoj
Hidden secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls could be unlocked by British
scientists using super-powerful X-rays.
The Diamond Light Source (DLS) in Didcot, England, is a machine the
size of five football pitches that generates X-rays a type of high
energy light 100 billion times brighter than those in a hospital.
Scientists have developed a way of using the beams to read rolled up
parchments too fragile to be unfolded.
The technique has already been used successfully to transcribe a number
of 18th century Scottish legal documents from the National Archive.
In future, researchers hope to probe much more ancient parchments
dating back hundreds or even thousands of years, as well as classical
musical scores written by famous composers.
But the most ambitious goal is to open up hidden passages from the Dead
Sea Scrolls and the Torah, the most revered Jewish document which is
said to record the word of God as revealed to Moses.
There are some parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls that havent been
unrolled, and there are parts of the Tora that havent been seen as
well, said Professor Tim Wess, whose team is developing the technique
at the University of Cardiff.
I understand theres information about a battle between light and
dark.
http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/?jp=mhcwqlojauoj
