papyrus

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These were 50 feet high, six feet in diameter, painted with hieroglyphs and topped with gigantic papyrus blossoms.

From Washington Post

“Ithaca’s architecture makes it really applicable to any ancient language, not just Latin, but Mayan, cuneiform; really any written medium — papyri, manuscripts,” she said.

From The Verge

“We are focusing mainly on frescoes, but that’s just the case study. If we succeed, we think we can export this technology to other artifacts or even, for example, to papyri.”

From Scientific American

Researchers can use X-ray tomography, or CT scans, to recover certain hidden texts, such as the inky insides of rolled papyri.

From New York Times

The papyri in such collections are generally kept in secure locations and removed only under strict protocols.

From New York Times