{"id":522,"date":"2014-07-21T15:57:41","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T20:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harveststudioonline.com\/journal\/?p=522"},"modified":"2014-07-21T16:04:11","modified_gmt":"2014-07-21T21:04:11","slug":"the-archimedes-palimpsest-most-famous-example-of-palimpsest-antiquity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harveststudioonline.com\/journal\/2014\/07\/21\/the-archimedes-palimpsest-most-famous-example-of-palimpsest-antiquity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Archimedes Palimpsest &#8211; Most famous example of palimpsest in antiquity"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"color: #666666;\">Inside the Archimedes Palimpsest<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"resource-info\" style=\"color: #4c4c4c;\">\n<li>By Lexi Krock<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #4c8711;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harveststudioonline.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/inside-archimedes-palimpsest-in.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-525\" src=\"http:\/\/www.harveststudioonline.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/inside-archimedes-palimpsest-in.jpg\" alt=\"inside-archimedes-palimpsest-in\" width=\"322\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.harveststudioonline.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/inside-archimedes-palimpsest-in.jpg 322w, https:\/\/www.harveststudioonline.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/inside-archimedes-palimpsest-in-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #4c8711;\">In October\u00a01998, a battered manuscript of parchment leaves sold for $2 million to an anonymous bidder at auction. The thousand-year-old manuscript contains the earliest surviving writings by Archimedes, the Greek thinker who is regarded as the greatest mathematician of antiquity. In this interactive, see how sophisticated technology uncovers Archimedes\u2019 faded text and diagrams from beneath another Greek text that was written over it. Also, below, follow a time line that tells the fascinating story of the 174-page volume&#8217;s journey from its creation in Constantinople to the auction block at Christie&#8217;s in New York.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #4c8711;\">See the Complete story on <a title=\"The Archimedes Palimpsest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/nova\/physics\/inside-archimedes-palimpsest.htmlhttp:\/\/\" target=\"_blank\">Inside the Archimedes Palimpsest<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #4c8711;\">From PBS on NOVA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ia-box\" style=\"color: #333333;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside the Archimedes Palimpsest By Lexi Krock In October\u00a01998, a battered manuscript of parchment leaves sold for $2 million to an anonymous bidder at auction. The thousand-year-old manuscript contains the earliest surviving writings by Archimedes, the Greek thinker who is regarded as the greatest mathematician of antiquity. 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