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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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The original writing was hidden in part by a 19th century attempt to read it.
The manuscript is believed to be a lost treatise by Ptolemy on his Meteoroscope. It was hidden within a copy of Etymologiae. Deciphering it has taken over 200 years.
After 200 years, a hidden Ptolemy text printed beneath a Latin copy has been deciphered.