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Using a new way to reveal ink, scientists are now able to access the text of some old papyrus documents. According to “ Eureka! Extraordinary discovery unlocks secrets of the ancients/a,” some of the writings of Sophocles, Euripides and Hesiod have been revealed, and they think that others yet to be looked at may “include works by Ovid and Aeschylus, plus a series of Christian gospels which have been lost for up to 2,000 years.”/p