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Using X-Ray Technology to Read the Unreadable | Dead Sea Scroll Detectives

9th Grade – 12th Grade

English

Discover how a museum curator and computer scientists used a CT scan of a burnt scroll to virtually unravel and read an ancient biblical text in this media gallery from NOVA: Dead Sea Scroll Detectives. Use this resource to examine how electromagnetic waves—specifically, X-rays—can be used in new ways to visualize and interpret information contained in different materials.