“On Floating Bodies” by Archimedes
Was overwritten by monks in the 13th century
With a Christian text, from top to bottom, like this:
GOD
GOD
GOD
GOD
GOD
Archimedes original Greek went from left to right, like this:
Buoyancy of various things
depends on the weight of the thing
and the amount of water it displaces.
A simple formula reveals
whether a thing floats.
X-ray fluorescence and infrared absorption were used
To reveal the Science underneath all that obscuring God.