[Mb-civic] Thank you Bill for a fascinating Article

[Michael Butler]

 Imaging Technology Makes Ancient Text Readable
 
 By Guy Gugliotta
 
 Two thousand years ago, Oxyrhynchus, "city of the sharp-nosed fish," was a
provincial capital in central Egypt populated by the well-educated
descendants of Greek settlers. It had an 11,000-seat theater, a religious
cult dedicated to the city's namesake -- and a municipal dump on the
outskirts of...
 
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