In the example above, a text in Syriac overlays a ninth-century translation of a page from a medical treatise by the ancient Greco-Roman physician known as Galen. With dozens of palimpsests yet to ...

The volcanic basalt block, inscribed with ancient Greek text, could provide new insights ... Click on 'follow', next to our logo above.

A remarkable hidden chapter of the Bible was uncovered, shedding new light on ancient scripture after remaining ... Scribes often scraped off existing text to overwrite new content, resulting ...