#archimedes-palimpsest

#archimedes-palimpsest

A lost leaf from the Archimedes Palimpsest containing Archimedes' mathematical treatise has been identified in a French museum, revealing ancient Greek mathematical knowledge preserved through medieval manuscript practices.

Scientists recovered a missing page from the Archimedes Palimpsest, a 10th-century medieval manuscript containing writings from the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes.