The Archimedes Palimpsest is a medieval parchment manuscript that was scraped and overwritten but originally contained several previously unknown works by Archimedes.
Sources
- List of mathematics history topics (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://www.archimedespalimpsest.org/about/ (archimedespalimpsest.org)
- https://www.americanscientist.org/article/archimedes-unbound (americanscientist.org)
- https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/inside-archimedes-palimpsest.html (pbs.org)
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