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Offline D10N

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Early Christian books found (possibly the oldest in existance)
« on: March 30, 2011, 01:16:20 AM »
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A group of about 70 ancient lead books containing Christian iconography were discovered in Jordan. Interesting article!

BBC article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12888421

Slideshow: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9434000/9434907.stm

Press release: Lead Plates Press Release
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Re: Early Christian books found (possibly the oldest in existance)
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2011, 08:38:06 AM »
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That's great!  It's great to see such finds occurring, even in our time.
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Re: Early Christian books found (possibly the oldest in existance)
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2011, 10:10:07 AM »
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As glad as I am to see that they've been used, it's unfortunate that they're in such bad shape. I guess it's really good for a couple thousand years though. That's awesome.
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Re: Early Christian books found (possibly the oldest in existance)
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2011, 10:27:29 AM »
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Quote from: Ring Wraith on March 30, 2011, 10:10:07 AM
As glad as I am to see that they've been used, it's unfortunate that they're in such bad shape. I guess it's really good for a couple thousand years though. That's awesome.
Thad was still around, so they were protected.
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Re: Early Christian books found (possibly the oldest in existance)
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2011, 04:14:45 PM »
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Wow this si fantastic.  and it is really interesting that they were written in early hebrew script and not the block script..  I wonder why
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