Renaissance-era letter sealed for centuries has been virtually unfolded and read for the first time
The unopened letter, written in the 1600s, was intricately folded to protect it from prying eyes.
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The unopened letter, written in the 1600s, was intricately folded to protect it from prying eyes.
In 1697, a man wrote to a merchant in the Netherlands to request a copy of an official death certificate for his cousin. The tightly folded letter has never been opened, but researchers...
A team found a way to read a letter sent in 1697 without breaking its seal or unfolding it in any way. Using a highly sensitive X-ray scanner and computer algorithms, researchers unfolded the unopened letter virtually.