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Ultraviolet Light Reveals Hidden Bible Chapter Over 1,500 Years Later
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The fragment of the Syriac translation of the New Testament under UV light. (Vatican Library)Palimpsests were used in ancient times due to the scarcity of parchment. Words would be written on the material repeatedly until several layers covered the hidden words underneath.The text described in Kessel's discovery is a long unseen version of Chapter 12 in the Book of Matthew that was originally a part of the Old Syriac translations of the Bible some 1,500 years ago, Kessel said in a news release.
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