Three hundred years ago, before envelopes, passwords and security codes, writers often struggled to keep thoughts, cares and dreams expressed in their letters private. One popular way was to use a ...

The Brienne trunk is a 17th-century trunk of letters bequeathed to the Dutch postal museum in The Hague. The trunk belonged to one of the most active postmaster and postmistress of the day, Simon and ...

Researchers used a dental x-ray scanner to virtually unfold and read a sealed letter from the Renaissance in Europe, according to a study published on March 2 in Nature Communications. This is ...

An unopened letter that was mailed back in 1697 but never delivered has been read by researchers who have developed a way to virtually "unfold" sealed letter packets without having to actually break ...

Scientists have used an algorithm to read an unopened letter written 300 years ago — without breaking its seal. The note had been securely shut through an archaic process known as “letterlocking.” The ...

A letter written by Czech hero President Tomas Masaryk was sealed for more than 90 years and hidden for many decades in Scotland. It was finally opened in Prague yesterday. Did you know with a Digital ...

Over recent years we’ve been treated to a series of fascinating advances in the world of x-ray imaging, as researchers have developed their x-ray microtomography techniques and equipment to the point ...

Before the invention of sealed envelopes, how did one insure the privacy of sensitive correspondence? A Live Science report explains that for centuries the method used to avert “prying eyes” was a ...

A letter written by Czech hero President Tomas Masaryk was sealed for more than 90 years and hidden for many decades in Scotland. It was finally opened in Prague yesterday. It was a sealed letter ...