Unmasking the Secrets That Ancient Mummies Hold | WIRED

Centuries ago, middle-class Egyptians buried their mummies with masks made out of recycled papyrus. Many of those sheets were covered in Ancient Greek text, which is hard to read without destroying the masks. Now a team of imagining experts are finding ways to read the texts without pulling the ancient artifacts apart.

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Unmasking the Secrets That Ancient Mummies Hold | WIRED