Hidden letters discovered on the Dead Sea Scrolls

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Four Dead Sea Scroll fragments, previously thought to be blank, are anything but blank: detailed imaging has revealed that these ancient pieces of parchment contain letters, sewn thread, ruled lines and even a discernible word, new research finds.

The finding almost went unnoticed, until Joan Taylor, a professor of Christian origins and Second Temple Judaism at King's College London, took a magnifying glass to these fragments and noticed that there was a "lamed," the Hebrew letter for "L," written on one of them.

Taylor's hunch paid off. One of the four fragments had four lines of text, with a total of 15 to 16 completely or partially preserved letters. One word, "Shabbat," the Hebrew word for "Sabbath," is clearly visible, and this clue, as well as several other letters, suggest that this fragment might be from the biblical book of Ezekiel (46:1-3).

Taylor didn't use regular photography. Instead, she relied on multispectral imaging, a technique that uses various wavelengths, such as infrared, on the electromagnetic spectrum to capture images of hard-to-see figures, such as the carbon-based ink on the scrolls.

In the end, she and her colleagues found that some fragments had ruled lines or vestiges of letters, but only four fragments had Hebrew or Aramaic text.

"With new techniques for revealing ancient texts now available, I felt we had to know if these letters could be exposed," Taylor said.

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I guess it says:

 

Spoiler

Body's moving like a sculpture (ooh)
On the top of Tower of Babel tonight
We are climbing up to Heaven (heaven)
Speaking languages in a BloodPop moonlight

 

That's a great discovery!

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Time to party like it’s BC!  

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12 minutes ago, Poker said:

Body's moving like a sculpture

but like... what kinda sculpture has miss gaga been seeing?