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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- sparklylakegal약 4년This was sooooo awesome. Did this for current event.
- jonathan139약 4년This. Is. Cool.
- wildwolf약 4년That is so cool! I'm not very good at all that computer stuff but that's so cool! I LOVE HISTORY TOO!!!
- superduperdogo약 4년awesome! i wonder if they will figure out what it says
- bday_summergirl약 4년Oh wow!
- thatarcticfox약 4년Oh, 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*).
- nightcolony442약 4년I 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.
- nightwaves약 4년Wow! Pretty neat. This also reminds me how young the United States is.
- doggy-2o21약 4년that lucks cool
- theflorpa약 4년Lmao I love how the letter could be it’s own envelope! Never thought of that.