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The top layer of writing in this 700-year-old book describes Christian prayers. But underneath, almost obliterated, are the only surviving copies of many of the works of the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes.
Credit: The owner of the Archimedes Palimpsest.Found in: Numbers
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