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    Papyri fragments from ancient egypt sit in a vault at Oxford University. A NASA scientist has turned to multispectral imaging technology. Could this be just the kind of "x-ray vision" the scholars need?

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    Posted 11.21.06 NOVA scienceNOW

    Can a space-age technology help crack the secrets of barely legible writings from ancient Egypt? Excavated from a long-buried city, a half-million papyri fragments now sit in a vault at Oxford University. To try to read these faded, stained, or even charred bits, a NASA scientist has turned to multispectral imaging technology. Could this be just the kind of X-ray vision the scholars need?

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    This website was produced for PBS Online by WGBH. Website 19962012 WGBH Educational Foundation

    Funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and PBS viewers.

    Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and PBS viewers.

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