Ancient Buddhist Prayer Scroll Digitally Unwrapped - Archaeology Magazine

Ancient Buddhist Prayer Scroll Digitally Unwrapped - Archaeology Magazine

Scrolls wrapped in silk BERLIN, GERMANY—Popular Science reports that German scientists used advanced technology to virtually unroll a delicate ancient Buddhist scroll. For centuries, Mongolian nomads often carried portable Buddhist shrines, known as gungervaa, with them wherever they traveled. These sometimes contained statues, decorative objects, religious relics, and spiritual keepsakes. Most notably, they often held dharanis, tiny scrolls fea…