Rediscovery

Discovery can encompass the experience of rediscovering something that has been lost, forgotten or concealed.

• New Andy Warhol Paintings Found On Old Floppy Disks April, 2013
• Professor Claims To Have Decoded The Most Mysterious Manuscript Of All Time 600 years after it was written, the Voynich Manuscript still refuses to yield all its secrets.
• Cold War Spy-Satellite Images Unveil Lost Cities A study of Cold War spy-satellite photos has tripled the number of known archaeological sites across the Middle East, revealing thousands of ancient cities, roads, canals, and other ruins. By Dan Vergano, National Geographic, April, 2014
• The Brave Sage of Timbuktu
• Finding the lost art of Angkor Wat: Paintings hidden for 500 years Long-lost paintings have been discovered on the walls of Cambodia's ancient Angkor Wat temple. The ancient paintings date back almost 500 years and depict deities, animals, boats and the temple itself, giving historians a new understanding of life in a relatively unknown period of Cambodia's history. June, 2014
• Archaeological Dig In West Australian Cave Finds 45,000 Year Old Human Settlement Archaeologists have found artefacts dating back 45,000 years in a cave in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. By Sarah Kimmorley, June, 2014
• A new Sherlock Holmes mystery: is 1,300-word yarn a lost Conan Doyle? A mystery that might have intrigued the great detective himself has unfolded in Scotland with the discovery of a previously unknown Sherlock Holmes story. Is it or is it not by Arthur Conan Doyle? The Guardian, Feb. 2015.
• Time capsule found at Londonderry's Brooke Park A time capsule believed to be nearly 200-years-old has been discovered at a city centre park in Derry. April, 2015
• Cambridge University finds medieval graveyard under college One of the largest medieval hospital burial grounds in England has been uncovered under Cambridge University. April, 2015
• Ancient manuscript pieced together after Cairo Museum find A leather manuscript more than 4,000 years old has been painstakingly reconstructed by a scholar after it was rediscovered in the Egyptian museum in Cairo. By Alison Flood, The Guardian, September 2015
• Unseen Charlotte Brontë story and poem discovered Brontë Society discovers manuscripts in ‘much-treasured’ book owned by the writer’s mother. November, 2015
• House of convict turned publican John Holland unearthed in Parramatta Square dig in Sydney November, 2015

Long lost photos reveal indigenous life at turn of 20th century 
​Photos thought to be lost, which document the life and culture of indigenous people around Port Macquarie in the early 20th century, have been discovered in a rusting tin box by the photographer's grandson. November, 2015

Undeveloped World War II Film Discovered

The Rescued Film Project discovers and processes 31 rolls of film shot by an American WWII soldier over 70 years ago.

How I found a mythical boiling river in the Amazon | Andrés Ruzo
When Andrés Ruzo was a young boy in Peru, his grandfather told him a story with an odd detail: There is a river, deep in the Amazon, which boils as if a fire burns below it. Twelve years later, after training as a geoscientist, he set out on a journey deep into the jungle of South America in search of this boiling river. At a time when everything seems mapped and measured, join Ruzo as he explores a river that forces us to question the line between known and unknown ... and reminds us that there are great wonders yet to be discovered.

How I'm discovering the secrets of ancient texts | Gregory Heyworth
Gregory Heyworth is a textual scientist; he and his lab work on new ways to read ancient manuscripts and maps using spectral imaging technology. In this fascinating talk, watch as Heyworth shines a light on lost history, deciphering texts that haven't been read in thousands of years. How could these lost classics rewrite what we know about the past?

The world’s most mysterious book
Deep inside Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library lies a 240 page tome. Recently carbon dated to around 1420, its pages feature looping handwriting and hand drawn images seemingly stolen from a dream. It is called the Voynich manuscript, and it’s one of history’s biggest unsolved mysteries. The reason why? No one can figure out what it says. Stephen Bax investigates this cryptic work. 

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