Centuries-old books on parchment may soon become more accessible than vital scientific writings and data from early computers. The Washington Post Magazine has a riveting account of the application of new imaging techniques to palimpsests — manuscripts recycled by scribes on valuable ...
By Mark Schrope, Published: September 6 MOUNT HOREB, Egypt — Michael Toth points at a computer screen filled with what seems to be a jumble of Arabic and Greek letters. To get to this jumble, he has traveled from Washington to an isolated, ...
by NPR Staff – August 26, 2012 Listen to the Story Next time you’re admiring a 19th century American master painting at a museum or auction house, take a closer look. What looks like an authentic creation complete with cracks and ...
First English-led expedition to North America (PhysOrg.com)A personal letter – now in The National Archives – written by Henry VII to his Lord Chancellor on 12 March 1499 in which he writes that William Weston shall shortly ‘with God’s grace ...
Italian merchants funded England’s discovery of North America Evidence that a Florentine merchant house financed the earliest English voyages to North America, has been published on-line in the academic journal Historical Research. The article by Dr Francesco Guidi-Bruscoli, a member ...
By Sarah Cox A rare accounting document, half-concealed beneath a coat of arms design, has revealed the activities of Italian bankers working in early 15th century London, decades before the capital became a financial powerhouse. The discovery was made ...
Rare and fragile aerial photos of Britain have been salvaged, conserved and now published online. More than 15,000 images from one of the earliest and most significant collections of aerial photography of the UK have been made freely accessible online ...
You can now view online a rare manuscript of Albert Einstein‘s theory of relativity written in his own hand, as well as the Nobel laureate’s correspondence to and from other scientific luminaries and newsmakers of the day, not to mention love ...
2 NY sites recall Benedict Arnold’s early heroics Published – May 10 2012 12:11PM EST CHRIS CAROLA, Associated Press (ASSOCIATED PRESS) FILE – This Aug. 19, 2005 file photo taken in the New York State Archives in Albany, N.Y., shows ...