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January 28, 2004
This could be big
Forbes.com: Ancient Manuscripts Found In Egyptian Monastery
I wouldn't call them ancient. The oldest identified so far is about 1500 years old. Which is really old, of course, but not quite ancient. Anyway... An awful lot of what we know now of Christian origins came out of similar findings in Egypt. A lot of early works -- especially "heretical" works -- are known only from Egypt. Church orthodoxy made sure that only "acceptable" works were transmitted, but sixth and seventh century libraries might be early enough to hold works that hadn't been supressed yet.
Posted by Mac Thomason at January 28, 2004 08:28 PM
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