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Scientists burn scrolls to crack 2,000-year-old mystery

Original: Scientists burned their own scrolls to unlock a 2,000-year-old mystery

Scientists say they deliberately burned fragments of ancient scrolls from their own collection as part of research into a mystery dating back around 2,000 years. The unusual decision to destroy precious historical material is drawing attention, with observers keen to learn what the sacrifice revealed and why researchers considered it worth the loss.

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