# Archimedes manuscript yields secrets under X-ray gaze

> SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2005. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the first synchrotron results.

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# Archimedes manuscript yields secrets under X-ray gaze

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2005. _SLAC News_.

Press release of 16 June 2005 on the May 2005 SSRL experiments, in which iron fluorescence revealed text under a forged painting and Netz began reading The Method's introduction.

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Source for the first synchrotron results.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[Synchrotron X-ray fluorescence reads text under a forged painting](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/events/EVT0CT7N3CE30DP/synchrotron-x-ray-fluorescence-reads-text-under-a-forged)

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[Uwe Bergmann](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/people/FIG0CT7N0PG5VAC/uwe-bergmann)

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[The Archimedes Palimpsest](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest)

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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (2005). Archimedes manuscript yields secrets under X-ray gaze. SLAC News. https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2005-06-16-archimedes-manuscript-yields-secrets-under-x-ray-gaze
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