Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Actually, that ISN'T the number of the Beast...

From Harper's Weekly:

A papyrologist at Oxford University announced that new techniques in spectral imaging, which make it possible to decipher previously illegible ink on papyrus fragments, have yielded parts of a lost tragedy by Sophocles, a novel by Lucian, and an epic poem by Archilochos; researchers also applied the technique to third- and fourth-century manuscripts of the Revelation of Saint John and discovered that the number of the beast, contrary to popular belief, is 616, the area code of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This is the best thing I've ever read in the Weekly, and THAT is saying something.