As a ‘book scientist’ I work with microscopes, imaging technologies and AI to preserve ancient texts

Book science helps decipher and preserve fragile manuscripts, at a moment when climate change and mass digitization are ...
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Give GIMP the movie an Oscar

Ah, GIMP. Any creative who's ever balked at Adobe's pricing will have a fondness for the ridiculously named GNU Image Manipulation Program. GIMP for short, the free, open-source program has endured as ...
KSL

From the ashes of Herculaneum to Utah: Ancient scrolls make rare US appearance at UVU

Four of the original, carbonized papyri buried in Herculaneum after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius were on display at Utah ...
The Hindu

From lost papyrus to AI filters: Who decides what knowledge survives?

I often wonder about the lost literature of the past and the great philosophical works that never got transmitted. In her book ‘Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World,’ Irene Vallejo ...
Archaeology

“Correction Fluid” Analyzed in Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead

CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND—Curators at the Fitzwilliam Museum noticed that an image of a jackal on a 3,300-year-old Egyptian papyrus had been modified with white fluid, according to an ArtNet News report. The ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Egyptians Used an Ancient Version of Wite-Out to Correct Their Mistakes on This Papyrus Scroll 3,300 Years Ago

The illustration depicts the scribe Ramose and a jackal figure that may represent the god Wepwawet. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge Ancient ...
Pajiba

Review: With ‘Color Theories,’ Julio Torres Makes His Absurdity Accessible

In his first HBO comedy special, My Favorite Shapes, Torres stood behind a conveyor belt and told stories (some anecdotes, ...