A second Renaissance

Wow.

Scientists at Oxford University have used infra-red imaging technology to unlock the secrets hidden in a vast garbage heap of illegible papyrus scrolls from the Greco-Roman period found in the Egyptian city of Oxyrhynchus a century ago. It's likely that hundreds of comedies, tragedies, and histories will be rediscovered, including works by such literary heavy-hitters as Sophocles, Euripides, and Hesiod. It's estimated that the number of great works from this period that are available to us will increase by 20%, and the total number of lesser works will double. Some scholars are predicting a second Renaissance.

That is simply staggering news.