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Scientists Burn Scrolls to Solve 2,000-Year-Old Mystery
Original: Scientists burned their own scrolls to unlock a 2,000-year-old mystery
Researchers have deliberately destroyed or burned fragments of ancient scrolls as part of an effort to unlock a mystery roughly 2,000 years old. The unusual decision highlights the tension between preserving rare artifacts and using destructive techniques to extract their hidden contents. Details of what the scrolls revealed and which collection they belonged to have not yet been fully reported.
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