From c. 1971. Information on the excavation of the Oxyrhynchus papyri and state of the art manuscript reconstruction and text restoration mid-20th century style. A lot of technological advance since then, but the vast majority of published papyri was restored using these methods:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xN-CijuABs
			
			
									
									
						Interesting Video on Papyrus Discovery
			
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