http://www.vagabondloafers.com/articles/2007/09/24/xray-dead-sea-scrolls en-us 40 <p class="hobo_sign"><img src="http://www.vagabondloafers.com/images/post_signs/022.gif" title="chalk" alt="chalk" /></p> <p style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://www.vagabondloafers.com/files/xray_scroll.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>New x-ray techniques will be used on some of the Dead Sea Scrolls that are too fragile to unravel.</p> <blockquote> <p>They will look at the texts using x-rays produced at the £360m ($722m US) Diamond Light Source in Didcot, Oxfordshire. The machine works by propelling electrons at great speeds around a giant tunnel. As they corner, they emit x-rays 100bn (100,000,000bm US) times brighter than a medical x-ray.</p> <p>Researchers led by Tim Wess have developed computer software that can “unravel” x-ray images of rolled up parchment documents to reveal the writing, even if the parchment has text on either side, according to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/sep/12/deadsea" target="_blank">Guardian</a>.</p> </blockquote> Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:14:00 -0700 urn:uuid:93144afd-d489-4d6b-83f9-2497d98cf1b0 Anthony Martin http://www.vagabondloafers.com/articles/2007/09/24/xray-dead-sea-scrolls Theology bible archaeology technology http://www.vagabondloafers.com/articles/trackback/43