IMAGE GALLERY
These images are from the latest experiments conducted at SSRL. For more images, go to the
Archimedes Image Bank page.
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| PRESS RELEASE | IMAGING WITH X-RAYS | PALIMPSEST PROJECT | IMAGE GALLERY | TECHNICAL REPORT | ||||||||
IMAGE GALLERYThese images are from the latest experiments conducted at SSRL. For more images, go to the
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| Uwe Bergmann and William Noel place fragments from the Palimpsest in front of the beam. |
| Credit: Archimedes Palimpsest Project |
| Download hi-res file here |
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| X-ray fluorescence scan revealing both the Euchologion and Archimedes texts on a folio with a forged painting. The Archimedes text runs vertically in this image. |
| Credit: Archimedes Palimpsest Project |
| Download hi-res file here |
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| The scanning of a previously unknown page of On Floating Bodies in Greek. |
| Credit: Archimedes Palimpsest Project |
| Download hi-res file here |
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| Aerial view of SSRL. |
| Credit: SLAC |
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| The Archimedes imaging team, on the beamline at SSRL. |
| Credit: Archimedes Palimpsest Project |
| Download hi-res file here |
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| An overview of the equipment, showing a page being scanned. |
| Credit: SLAC (Diana Rogers) |
| Download hi-res file here |
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| Medieval graffiti in the form of a hand appears on the screen. |
| Credit: SLAC (Diana Rogers) |
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| A fake medieval painting hides the Archimedes text - the greatest imaging challenge of all. |
| Credit: Archimedes Palimpsest Project |
| Download hi-res file here |