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Title: Ancient Greek medical text found beneath religious psalms on Egyptian parchment
Post by: rangerrebew on March 18, 2018, 02:59:15 pm

Ancient Greek medical text found beneath religious psalms on Egyptian parchment
TornosNews.gr 14.03.2018 | 23:26
 
Ancient Greek medical text found beneath religious psalms on Egyptian parchmentHigh-powered X-rays have helped researchers uncover a hidden text by ancient Greek doctor Galen written in the 6th century

An international multidisciplinary team in California has made an exciting discovery, unveiling a translation of an ancient Greek medical text that until now had been covered with religious writing, according to the following report by Neos Kosmos.

Uncovered at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, scientists utilized high-powered X-rays to analyze the text from St Catherine’s Monastery on the Sinai Peninsula. On the surface were 10th-century psalms, which were found to be covering writings by ancient Greek doctor Galen that had been translated a few hundred years after his death into the ancient Syriac language.

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/30558-ancient-greek-medical-text-found-beneath-religious-psalms-on-egyptian-parchment.html (http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/30558-ancient-greek-medical-text-found-beneath-religious-psalms-on-egyptian-parchment.html)

Title: Re: Ancient Greek medical text found beneath religious psalms on Egyptian parchment
Post by: Sanguine on March 18, 2018, 07:50:29 pm

Very cool!

Title: Re: Ancient Greek medical text found beneath religious psalms on Egyptian parchment
Post by: truth_seeker on March 18, 2018, 08:04:26 pm

Hopefully these medical texts, warn "use opioids with extreme caution, only as prescribed, and with careful supervision."