MYSTERY: Decoding the Basel Papyrus Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery

The Basel Papyrus has been in the University of Basel’s possession since the 16th century, its contents indecipherable. Once researchers realized how to decode its writing, they were left with what appears to be the journal of a Roman physician, with notes about an interesting illness.
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Sources:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/basel-mystery-papyrus-galen
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110680973-004/html?lang=en
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/basel-papyrus-06200.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2018/07/mystery-of-the-basel-papyrus-solved/120933
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/after-500-years-a-uv-lamp-solves-the-mystery-of-the-basel-papyrus/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-unlock-secrets-basel-papyrus-now-identified-late-antiquity-medical-document-180969625/
https://www.unibas.ch/en/News-Events/News/Uni-Research/Mystery-of-the-Basel-papyrus-solved.html
https://www.cracked.com/article_26560_5-historical-mysteries-that-had-painfully-dumb-explanations.html
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