Saturday, 27 October 2012

New images could crack ancient writings

New images could crack ancient writings: Oxford, England (UPI) Oct 23, 2012



British researchers say new technology may soon allow historians to crack the world's oldest as-yet undeciphered system of writing.
Scientists from the University of Oxford and the University of Southampton have developed a new imaging system to capture some of the world's most important historical documents.
The technique, dubbed reflectance transformation imaging, uses a dome w