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Nailing down the publication date of Homer’s “Iliad”

February 28th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

Scientists have been working to determine the publication date of Homer’s “Illiad” using the same technique employed to decode the

September 10th, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

Researchers at the Sacred and Imperial Monastery of the God-Trodden Mount of Sinai are working to digitize the library’s collection

January 5th, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

German book conservation experts are assisting Thai librarians and monks after flooding in the country damaged historic books in many

July 15th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

The British Library is raising funds to buy the Cuthbert Gospel, a book containing the Gospel of John which dates

April 15th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

A rare 15th century book, the Nuremberg Chronicles, has turned up at a fundraising event in Utah. Assuming the edition

March 30th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

Officials in Jordan are demanding the return of the earliest Christian writings in existence: some 70 codices written on lead

March 25th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

The Library of Congress has digitized and made available online Alexander Graham Bell’s sketchbook of ideas. Above is a sketch

March 7th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

A 400-year-old original King James Bible has been found on a shelf in a Church in Wiltshire, England. What a