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Science decyphers Ptolemy manual for an ancient astronomical device hidden beneath another text for centuries

Ptolemy's original 2,000-year-old treatise in Greek was overwritten with an unrelated text in Latin. Using modern imaging, scientists were able to uncover a hidden manual.

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Reading Ptolemy s Treatise On The Meteoroscope On Palimpsests After Centuries Of Recovery Attempts

Reading Ptolemy s Treatise On The Meteoroscope On Palimpsests After Centuries Of Recovery Attempts
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Manuscript Containing Missing Details of Ptolemy s Meteoroscope Decrypted

Scientists have decrypted a manuscript detailing Ptolemy’s Meteoroscope revealing just how it was made and used to find many astronomical facts.

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