# CNRS 2026: Lost page of the Archimedes Palimpsest identified in Blois, central France

> CNRS, 2026. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the 2026 recovery of a lost leaf.

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# Lost page of the Archimedes Palimpsest identified in Blois, central France

CNRS, 2026. _CNRS press release, 9 March 2026_.

Reports Victor Gysembergh's identification of a leaf in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Blois as folio 123 of the palimpsest (Sphere and Cylinder I, propositions 39 to 41), one of three leaves known only from Heiberg's 1906 photographs.

**Archimedes PalimpsestSecondary source** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source for the 2026 recovery of a lost leaf.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[A leaf in the Blois museum is identified as lost folio 123](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/events/EVT0CT7N79E1ESB/a-leaf-in-the-blois-museum-is-identified-as-lost-folio-123)

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

The mystery article

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## Cite it

```
CNRS (2026). Lost page of the Archimedes Palimpsest identified in Blois, central France. CNRS press release, 9 March 2026. https://www.cnrs.fr/en/press/lost-page-archimedes-palimpsest-identified-blois-central-france
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[Read it free at cnrs.fr](https://www.cnrs.fr/en/press/lost-page-archimedes-palimpsest-identified-blois-central-france)

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29 Oct 2026, for editors

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