Researchers read sealed 17th century letter without opening it

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‘Virtual unfolding’ is hailed a breakthrough in the study of historic documents as unopened letter from 1697 is read for the first time using X-ray technology

In a world first for the study of historic documents, an unopened letter written in 1697 has been read by researchers without breaking the seal.

 

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Wow! We really DO live in the future.

It is so much easier now -- anyone can read what you wrote electronically without any 'folds'. Thanks to blogging, social networking, hacking, NSA & similar organization only way to keep thoughts private is to keep them in ones head... But than who remembers all his/her thoughts?

I do that with my bills (apart from the reading bit)

Were they from the Daily Mail?

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