Egypt
An article on fragments of a parchment holy book dated too350 AD.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/fragment-from-worlds-oldest-bible-found-hidden-in-egyptian-monastery-1780274.html
- St. Catherine's Monastery Seeks Permanence Through Technology
Egypt Independent (James Purtill) St. Catherine’s Monastery is going digital. The monastery that claims to be the oldest in the world — not destroyed, not abandoned in 17 centuries — has begun digitizing its ancient manuscripts for the use of...
- 4th Century Bible Online
Egypt Daily Star News Thanks to Mark Morgan for pointing out that the above link was pointing to the wrong place entirely! I have now corrected it and it goes straight to the article. One of the world's oldest Bibles, the Codex Sinaiticus, discovered...
- Found At Last: The World's Oldest Missing Page
The Independent, UK (Alan Johnson) A year after the Romans packed up their shields in AD410 and left Britain to the mercy of the Anglo-Saxons, a scribe in Edessa, in what is modern day Turkey, was preparing a list of martyrs who had perished in defence...
- Exhibition: Icons From Sinai
http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=18167 Another review of the Holy Image, Hallowed Ground exhibition, which opened at the Getty yesterday, accompanied by a photograph of the lovely 6th century icon of Saint Peter the...
- Djoser's Pyramid
I love the picture with this article about the restoration of what may be the worlds oldest pyramid. The pyramid created in the 3rd dynasty for king Djoser. I hate the idea of diagonally inserted steel rods knitting together a building that has withstood...
Egypt
Worlds Oldest Bible
An article on fragments of a parchment holy book dated too350 AD.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/fragment-from-worlds-oldest-bible-found-hidden-in-egyptian-monastery-1780274.html
- St. Catherine's Monastery Seeks Permanence Through Technology
Egypt Independent (James Purtill) St. Catherine’s Monastery is going digital. The monastery that claims to be the oldest in the world — not destroyed, not abandoned in 17 centuries — has begun digitizing its ancient manuscripts for the use of...
- 4th Century Bible Online
Egypt Daily Star News Thanks to Mark Morgan for pointing out that the above link was pointing to the wrong place entirely! I have now corrected it and it goes straight to the article. One of the world's oldest Bibles, the Codex Sinaiticus, discovered...
- Found At Last: The World's Oldest Missing Page
The Independent, UK (Alan Johnson) A year after the Romans packed up their shields in AD410 and left Britain to the mercy of the Anglo-Saxons, a scribe in Edessa, in what is modern day Turkey, was preparing a list of martyrs who had perished in defence...
- Exhibition: Icons From Sinai
http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=18167 Another review of the Holy Image, Hallowed Ground exhibition, which opened at the Getty yesterday, accompanied by a photograph of the lovely 6th century icon of Saint Peter the...
- Djoser's Pyramid
I love the picture with this article about the restoration of what may be the worlds oldest pyramid. The pyramid created in the 3rd dynasty for king Djoser. I hate the idea of diagonally inserted steel rods knitting together a building that has withstood...