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Owen Jarus

UV light reveals hidden, never-before-seen version of the Gospel of Matthew on ancient parchment

Ultraviolet photography revealed a hidden text containing part of the Gospel of Matthew written in Old Syriac.

A historian studying a text in the Vatican has discovered a hidden fragment of the Gospel of Matthew, written in Old Syriac, that differs from what is seen today in the Bible. 

The alternate version of the gospel was revealed using ultraviolet (UV) photography. As parchment was scarce in the Middle Ages, scribes often reused parchments, writing over older texts, researchers said in a statement. 

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