Parchment can be recycled by scraping off any ink and writing on the fresh surface. The old text isn’t entirely gone, though. It remains embedded in the page as a ghostly shadow, which can be ...

unearthed the details of the tradition from several old texts around a decade ago. There was no reason why the tradition should not be revived, they thought, and it was just a matter of time ...

After 14 years of growth, the scientists believe they might have revived a storied plant that has been believed to be extinct for years. The Bible and other ancient texts have described how the ...