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Unlocking papyrus secrets

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April 14, 2022

An international research project is recovering messages from a culture that existed 4,000 years ago. It's a mammoth task. Ancient Egyptian writings on fragile folded papyrus are being deciphered using X-ray tomography and computer programs.

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