Dead Sea Scroll fragments thought to be blank reveal text
A multispectral imaging study has revealed that four Dead Sea Scroll manuscript fragments previously thought to be blank,
contain text.
Author: Gwen Riley Jones
Imaging Manager for Special Collections, University of Manchester Library
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