Pink Floyd, amulets, and x-rays: Links for January 22

Ancient amulet found with palindrome inscription.
Studying foreign languages may help earn you a coding job.
Pink Floyd has been sung in Latin!?
Using X-Rays to read scrolls charred by Vesuvius.

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