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Page from Archimedes Palimpsest rediscovered in Blois

A lost page from the Archimedes Palimpsest, a 10th-century Byzantine manuscript containing mathematical treatises, was rediscovered at a French museum after being missing for decades.
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Long-lost page of Archimedes' writings rediscovered in France

Scientists recovered a missing page from the Archimedes Palimpsest, a 10th-century medieval manuscript containing writings from the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes.
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