News

Dating back to the 1580s, the world's oldest known book about cheese has recently been transcribed by the University of Leeds in the UK.The book is called "A pamflyt compiled of Cheese, containing ...
World’s oldest book publisher finds a new bookshelf By . Steve Cuozzo. Published Nov. 9, 2015, 11:36 p.m. ET. One Liberty Plaza is getting the world's oldest book publisher.
Bleu Royale diamond goes for $44 million at auction 00:36. A book believed to have been produced at one of the first Christian monasteries in Egypt around 250-350 AD will go up for auction in June.
World's oldest book goes on sale for $2.6 million. Earliest Christian manuscript from 250-350 AD goes on sale at Christie’s. By TN Web Desk. April 06, 2024.
It’s not every day that a 1,700-year-old book gets sold. The 104-page Crosby-Schøyen Codex from Egypt just got sold in an auction for $3.9 million (£3.06 million). It was expected to fetch ...
A new exhibit at the Museum of the Bible displays one of the oldest Jewish books discovered in Afghanistan, which contains prayers and poems based on texts from the Hebrew Bible and serves as an ...
A 10-by-6-inch piece of papyrus is, researchers now believe, part of the world’s first book. And, like many of the volumes that fill offices, libraries, and homes, it has had many lives. The ...
One of the earliest books in existence is expected to fetch upwards of $2.6m when it goes up for auction later this year.. The Crosby-Schøyen Codex, which was written in Coptic on papyrus in ...
A medieval manuscript, believed to be the oldest Jewish book in the world, is now on view in New York City. The Afghan Liturgical Quire, which dates to approximately the year 700 CE, is on display ...
In a new exhibit, the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. has unveiled what it says is the oldest Jewish book ever discovered.