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Why should there be large caches hidden under sands? Has there really been anything like the Dead Sea Scrolls elsewhere? AFAIK those scrolls were there simply
by Tor3 4y ago
Why should there be large caches hidden under sands? Has there really been anything like the Dead Sea Scrolls elsewhere? AFAIK those scrolls were there simply because the sect who wrote or collected them lived in those caves, or nearby.
Why would anyone cache scrolls under sand (or even anywhere outside)? Isn't that quite unlikely, as a general rule?
- checkyoursudo 4y agoMaybe the hope that some royal library at a suddenly-dried-up-oasis palace that was buried in the sands will someday be uncovered? Seems a stretch, but I'd watch that movie.
- tokai 4y agoNot under sand but the Villa of the Papyri is the best bet. Potentially thousands of rolls, definitely containing lost works. They just need to solve the xray scan and digital unfolding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_of_the_Papyri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_of_the_Papyri
- habi 4y agoThe "xray scan and digital unfolding" has been solved. Here's a short video about the process https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GduCExxB0vw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GduCExxB0vw and here's the related publication: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1601247 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1601247 I've had the pleasure to meet one of the authors of the study at a user meeting of the x-ray scanners they use, since I also work with such machines. It's a fascinating study!