Ink analysis reveals Marie Antoinette’s letters’ hidden words and who censored them
The analysis reveals whether the doomed French queen spilled state secrets or bon mots
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A redacted passage (at left) in a letter written by Marie Antoinette, dated January 4, 1792 is unveiled (at right) with X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy.
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