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| Europe's oldest surviving book may yield religious secretsMon, 01 Dec 2008 09:50:36 -0800 by AVIMOASATHENS, Greece - A collection of charred scraps kept in a Greek museum's storerooms are all that remains of what archaeologists say is Europe's oldest surviving book ? which may hold a key to understanding early monotheistic beliefs.More than four decades after the Derveni papyrus was found in a 2,400-year-old nobleman's grave in northern Greece, researchers said Thursday they are close to uncovering new text ? through high-tech digital analysis ? from the blackened fragments left after the manuscript was burnt on its owner's funeral pyre.Large sections of the mid-4th century B.C. book ? a philosophical treatise on ancient religion ? were read years ago, but never officially published. Related: ancient scroll religious secret papyrus greece athens digital analysis europe's oldest surviving book |
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