We may be close to rediscovering thousands of texts that had been lost for millennia. Their contents may reshape how we understand the Ancient World.
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Native American author Tommy Orange selected as the next Future Library writer – will pen a manuscript that won't be published until 2114
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The making of Pentiment
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The decimal point is 150 years older than previously thought, medieval manuscript reveals
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Why does the letter 'S' look like an 'F' in old manuscripts?
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Each year from 2014 to 2114, a manuscript is sealed in The Silent Room of Norway's Future Library – the goal: greater hope for humankind
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Forgotten archive of medieval books and manuscripts discovered in Romanian church
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Some of the world's most celebrated authors have written manuscripts that won't be published for a century – why?
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Charles Darwin's young children painted pictures and wrote stories on the back of draft manuscripts of Darwin's books and notes, and therefore a few original copies of his important works survived
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You can now explore all of ‘The Book of Kells’ for free online
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The Talented Mr. Bernardini - A young Italian is accused of pulling off the book world’s most perplexing crime. Who is he?
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The most expensive books and manuscripts in history
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500-year-old manuscript contains earliest known use of the “F-word”
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Denmark and Iceland clash over priceless medieval manuscripts – Reykjavik wants collection bequeathed by Icelandic scholar returned
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Icelandic government is interested in reclaiming Old Icelandic manuscripts from Denmark
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The Voynich Manuscript may have successfully been decoded
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Historic manuscripts saved from St. Louis fire
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Two intricate calligraphy pages from the sixteenth-century manuscript “Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta” have been decoded for the first time
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How two thieves stole thousands of prints from university libraries
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