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Using a new way to reveal ink, scientists are now able to access the text of some old papyrus documents. According to " Eureka! Extraordinary discovery unlocks secrets of the ancients," some of the writings of Sophocles, Euripides and Hesiod have been revealed, and they think that others yet to be looked at may "include works by Ovid and Aeschylus, plus a series of Christian gospels which have been lost for up to 2,000 years."