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Technology allows researchers new views of Europe’s oldest manuscript
"It is the oldest surviving book, if you can use that word for a scroll, in Western tradition. This was a unique find, of exceptional importance."
"I believe some 10 to 20 percent of new text will be added, which however will be of crucial importance."
- Polyxeni Veleni, Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum director
"I believe some 10 to 20 percent of new text will be added, which however will be of crucial importance."
- Polyxeni Veleni, Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum director
Athens, Greece - The burnt remains of a 2,400-year-old scroll buried with an ancient Greek nobleman might help unlock the secrets of early monotheistic religion - using new digital technology.
... archaeologist Polyxeni Veleni believes U.S. imaging and scanning techniques used to decipher the Judas Gospel - which portrays Judas not as a sinister betrayer but as Jesus' confidant - will considerably expand and clarify that text.