Modern scroll, before and after carbonization (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Modern scroll, before and after carbonization

Caption

A contemporary papyrus scroll before and after burning in a nearly oxygen-free chamber, which carbonized but did not destroy the material.

Credit

Douglas Seiler

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