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2019-04-21 Olde Tyme Religion

At Mount Sinai monastery, ancient Christian manuscripts are brought into present

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Posted by trailing wife 2019-04-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Mount Sinai is in Saudi Arabia

Posted by newc 2019-04-21 01:15|| 2019-04-21 01:15|| Front Page Top

#2 They should use the Kentucky Vis Center's technique. They do mainly early scrolls and books to fragile to open or unroll. The way they do it is a 3D NMR scan (same units hospitals use) and then digitally unroll or open the pages for the 3D NMR image. This guy is the expert.

Posted by 3dc 2019-04-21 02:02|| 2019-04-21 02:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Mount Sinai is in Saudi Arabia

According to the article this is the Egyptian Mount Sinai, newc.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-04-21 04:09|| 2019-04-21 04:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Saw this on the History or Discovery channel the other day.

Interesting how they use different color light, RGB IIRC, and then use the computer to merge the images to bring out much more detail. They certainly seemed to know what they were doing.

Posted by AlanC 2019-04-21 07:58|| 2019-04-21 07:58|| Front Page Top

#5 It's called High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography.

You can do it on your phone now.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-04-21 08:04|| 2019-04-21 08:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Fantastic!

Posted by Woodrow 2019-04-21 09:01|| 2019-04-21 09:01|| Front Page Top

#7 It would seem the effort is intended to preserve the art as well as the content.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-04-21 09:41|| 2019-04-21 09:41|| Front Page Top

#8 Mount Sinai is NOT Jebel al-Lawz in Saudi Arabia
http://www.biblearchaeology.org/~/post/2007/10
Oct 3, 2007 ... Second, the paper disputes the false assumptions by the proponents of Jebel al- Lawz. Third, the paper examines the archaeological evidence.

Posted by Chereting Pelosi1889 2019-04-21 11:53|| 2019-04-21 11:53|| Front Page Top

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