“Anything that is still inside the scroll is now possible to view.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest An explanation of the technique used to ‘unwrap’ the scroll. In the case of the En-Gedi scroll, writing showed up in the scans because the author used an ink that contained metal, probably iron or lead. Using the system, the US team unwrapped five pages of the ancient scroll. Her team has used digital techniques to read The Great Parchment Book, a 17th century survey of Irish estates that was also damaged by fire. Last year, Rubina Raja at Aarhus University in Denmark used computer software to read inscriptions on an 8th century rolled silver scroll from Jerash in Jordan.

Source: The Guardian September 21, 2016 18:00 UTC