Palimpsest Teaches History, Geography
MAY 01, 2001
DOI: 10.1063/1.4796354
Reviel Netz describes the history of the Archimedes Palimpsest, stating that the ex libris “hailed from the Mar Saba monastery near the Dead Sea, in today’s Palestine.” This statement is surprising and incorrect. There is no such entity as Palestine, and the monastery he refers to is in the Judean Desert. This area was under Jordanian rule until 1967 when, in the Six Day War, it was captured by Israel; it has been under Israeli jurisdiction ever since.
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Michael Rosenbluh, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel .
© 2001 American Institute of Physics
