An ancient note unrolled on a computerSourced
A thin silver sheet was too fragile to open.
CT scans revealed its words.
A third-century silver amulet found in Frankfurt in 2018 contained a rolled-up sheet. Researchers used high-resolution CT scans and digital smoothing in 2024 to read its 18-line inscription without physically unrolling the fragile metal.
A message from antiquity
opened on a screen.
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