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[release]After more than a decade of restoration and study, the public is getting a glimpse at the oldest surviving copy of works by an ancient Greek mathematical genius at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.
The exhibition, [I]Lost and Found: The Secrets Of Archimedes[/I], which opened on Sunday, tells the story of the 1,000-year-old text and the work of dozens of scientists and scholars who uncovered its secrets. After the exhibition closes on Jan 1, the [I]Archimedes Palimpsest[/I] will be returned to its anonymous owner.
'This is a chance for the public to see the [I]Archimedes Palimpsest[/I] in all its glory,' said Mr Will Noel, Archimedes Project director and Walters curator of manuscripts and rare books. When the manuscript sold at auction for US$2 million (S$2.5 million) in 1998, it was known to contain some of Archimedes' most famous theories.
'People were sceptical that we would find anything else,' Noel said. The manuscript was in tatters when it arrived at the Walters more than 12 years ago, but modern technology has revealed more texts from the mathematician, physicist, inventor, engineer and astronomer who lived in Greek Syracuse in the third century BCE and others.[/release]
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Archimedes, you say? No!
Jesus christ, 1,000 year old text.
Wow, it's in absolutely [B]INCREDIBLE[/B] condition considering it's age and material.
I'd be afraid to touch it.
My god, being an Archeology student at the University museum, I would be afraid to touch that, even though I have handled unbaked clay tablets and papyrus and ancient glass...
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oh and the Obsidian arrowheads, those are painfully still sharp. Damn native americans know their shit.
Archimedes, nawww. It's filthy in there.
HE DARES TOUCH IT WITH HIS BARE HANDS!?
Put a fucking glove on and respect it.
[QUOTE=Nikota;32839781]HE DARES TOUCH IT WITH HIS BARE HANDS!?
Put a fucking glove on and respect it.[/QUOTE]
If your hands are clean enough and the air is not damp or anything, it is fine to touch artifacts in non excessive amounts.
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