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Without getting into the question of how we know what we know, here is a wikipedia link on the Herculaneum scrolls, which people have been unrolling, usually destructively, and reading, since the mid 1700s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herculaneum_papyri The use of x-ray tomography is just the latest iteration on viewing techniques which have ranged from holding fragments up to the light to look for reflections from…
Right - so you are saying a newspaper is not equivalent to papyrus. Fine. But there must be a material that we can prepare and burn that is. You have to reliably prove the methodology. I remember when tvs weren't on for 24 hours - and there would be literal white noise being broadcast - it looked like lots of black and white dots moving. If you wanted and paid attention you could spot whatever you wanted on the scree…
Re: Reading Ancient Scrolls
#51Again, just making shit up is no substitute for doing the work. Here, it is exclusively other people doing the work. Anybody can make up any shit they like, giving made-up shit negative value.