Researchers Read Sealed Renaissance-Era Letter Without Opening It!
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On July 31, 1697, a French lawyer named Jacques Sennacques wrote an urgent message to remind a cousin in the Netherlands to send him a relative's death certificate. To prevent others from reading the confidential memo, the note was carefully folded, or "letter locked." The ancient technique, which transformed the letter into its own secure package, was prevalent before the invention of envelopes.
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- sparklylakegal4년 이상This was sooooo awesome. Did this for current event.
- jonathan1394년 이상This. Is. Cool.
- wildwolf4년 이상That is so cool! I'm not very good at all that computer stuff but that's so cool! I LOVE HISTORY TOO!!!
- superduperdogo4년 이상awesome! i wonder if they will figure out what it says
- bday_summergirl4년 이상Oh wow!
- thatarcticfox4년 이상Oh, WOW!! This is so cool! I will do the same, nightcolony442! I am so stoked to tell everyone I know about this (and maybe they'll try and learn more in history *wink, wink*).
- nightcolony4424년 이상I am amazed!! I LOVE HISTORY, and so this is big, big ,big. I cannot wait to tell m family about this. I might even use it in class.
- nightwaves4년 이상Wow! Pretty neat. This also reminds me how young the United States is.
- doggy-2o214년 이상that lucks cool
- theflorpa4년 이상Lmao I love how the letter could be it’s own envelope! Never thought of that.