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1. Year Zero: Ancient Indian Text Includes Oldest Recorded Zero Symbol

   Scientists claim to have traced the earliest example of one of the most significant conceptual breakthroughs in arithmetic to an ancient Indian text, known as the Bakhshali manuscript. The specific manuscript has been housed in one of the Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford since the very early days of the 20^th century.

   Theodoros Karasavvas - 14/09/2017 - 19:00

2. British Library intern finds earliest known piece of polyphonic music

   An intern has discovered a beautiful inscription of the earliest known piece of polyphonic music, a choral piece written for two vocal parts, in a British Library manuscript dating from about 900 A.D.

   Mark Miller - 23/12/2014 - 00:14

3. UK’s ‘Oldest Map’ May Confirm the Location of the ‘Welsh Atlantis’

   An 800-year-old medieval map of Great Britain kept in an Oxford library has been studied by two scientists and it clearly shows two islands lying off the Welsh coast, giving further momentum to the “Welsh Atlantis” theory.

   Sahir - 23/08/2022 - 18:52

4. Original King John Royal Charter Resurfaces After 800 Years [Press Release]

   Press Release / University of Bristol

   A rare, original royal charter from the first year of King John’s reign has been discovered in Durham by a medieval historian from the University of Bristol.

   ancient-origins - 26/03/2019 - 17:48

5. Queen Elizabeth I Unveiled As ‘Messy’ Translator of Roman Text

   A famous 16th century work from the reigns of Tiberius through to Nero (14-68 AD) has been preserved at Lambeth Palace Library for over 400 years at the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

   ashley cowie - 01/12/2019 - 14:00

6. Library in Stone: The Ica Stones of Professor Cabrera – Part II

   I came to the realization that the dismissive attitude of orthodox science annoyed and aggrieved Professor Cabrera. He frequently voiced his outrage at the refusal of mainstream scientists to acknowledge as genuine the library in stone. “One is able to read the engraved stones like a book!” the argumentative museum director emphatically reiterated.

   WalterJoergLangbein - 12/09/2016 - 21:50

7. How Two Women Pulled Off a Medieval Manuscript Heist in Post-War Germany

   By Jennifer Bain / The Conversation

   ancient-origins - 13/02/2020 - 19:01

8. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’s Beheading Game

   Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (in Middle English as Sir Gawayn and þe Grene Knyȝt) is one of the most famous Arthurian legends. As the name of the poem suggests, the story is about Sir Gawain, one of King Arthur’s knights, and a mysterious Green Knight.

   dhwty - 08/03/2020 - 21:38

9. Library in Stone: The Ica Stones of Professor Cabrera – Part I

   In 1961, the Rio Ica burst its banks and flooded parts of the Ocucaje Desert. Was an earthquake responsible for the flood? When the water had retreated, the local farmers inspected the damage. Their meager fields were completely devastated. Where they had been able to farm crops, the thin layer of fertile soil had been washed away entirely.

   WalterJoergLangbein - 16/02/2022 - 00:54

10. Danish Experts Discover the Earliest Secrets of Egyptian Writing Ink

    Egyptian writing has always fascinated modern people because it is so exotic. Researchers studying Egyptian writing in manuscripts from an ancient Egyptian temple have made an important discovery. They were studying the black and red inks in some of the ancient texts when they found that their composition was unique.

    Ed Whelan - 28/10/2020 - 13:04

11. Preserved Butterfly Accidentally Found In a 390-year-old Insect Book

    A perfectly preserved butterfly specimen was discovered pressed between the pages of a 390-year-old book found on the endless Cambridge University Library shelves. The find has generated much excitement, as the preserved butterfly, a Small Tortoiseshell (pictured above), is perhaps as old as the book itself!

    Sahir - 11/05/2021 - 18:20

12. The Elusive Metal Library of the Tayos Caves

    Legend has it that a metal library, containing valuable plates of inscriptions, recording an ancient history of some 250 000 years ago, written by an advanced previous civilization, is hidden in the Tayos Caves, in the Amazon forest of the Morona Santiago province, Ecuador.

    Alex Chionetti - 09/01/2020 - 02:48

13. Catholic Teachers Banned ‘Evil’ Harry Potter Books

    Harry Potter books were removed from a private Catholic school in Nashville in 2019 because they include actual “curses and spells”, according to staff at the school.<

    ashley cowie - 02/09/2019 - 23:13

14. Scholars Get Closer to Words of Buddha as They Unravel Oldest Buddhist Scrolls in the World

    The oldest Buddhist scrolls ever discovered were made on birch bark and spent two millennia folded in clay pots, in a cave, situated along the northern border of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and now they’re bringing team of researchers “close, very close” to the words of Buddha.

    ashley cowie - 16/06/2019 - 11:04

15. Rediscovered Papyri Fragments Provide Charming Insight into Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt

    The papyrus fragments rediscovered at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Library include a reminder for an invitation to dinner and a letter to a young man’s mother. The invitation calls guests to dine at “the couch of Lord Sarapis” while the letter written by a young Egyptian man wishes his mother good health and tells her that he thinks of her daily.

    Robin Whitlock - 09/07/2015 - 20:01

16. The World’s First Collectors, Museums And Libraries Of Antiquity

    People have collected objects, scripts, fossils, specimens, precious stones, artifacts and memorabilia since the dawn of mankind’s memory, for different reasons. Many possible motives come into play – people collect because of nostalgia for a past world, because they want to display their wealth and sophistication, because it satisfies a compulsive need to organise and create order, because it serves as a solace and a distraction in time of uncertainty, because they want to preserve for posterity and for many other reasons.

    Robert Garland - 26/01/2024 - 17:12

17. Secret Notes Found Hidden in a Bible Reveal Unexpected Details on the Reformation of Henry VIII

    Hidden annotations in England’s first printed Bible, published in 1535, show there was a short transition period between the Catholic era in England and the Reformation that violently transformed English religious history.

    A few years after the Reformation began, the reformers brutally repressed the last vestiges of Catholic Church practices and adherents.

    Mark Miller - 18/03/2016 - 20:49

18. Treasures of Mexico: The Mixtec, Aztec & Maya Codices that Survived the Conquistadors

    When Europeans arrived in the New World, they did not only kill people with war, slavery and disease, they also attempted to destroy the cultures of the native peoples. Among so many cultural tragedies, one stands out in Mexico: the burning of ancient manuscripts illustrated and written before and shortly after the Spanish invaded.

    Mark Miller - 17/06/2015 - 04:14

19. What You Should Know About the Codex Gigas, aka the Devil’s Bible

    Codex Gigas, also known as ‘the Devil’s Bible,’ is the largest and probably one of the strangest medieval manuscripts in the world. Dark legends surround the tome and its origins and the full page portrait of the Devil increases its air of mystery. But what is the manuscript really about?

    Alicia McDermott - 05/04/2019 - 22:53

20. The Mysterious Codex Argenteus: Famed Silver Bible of the Goths

    The Goths, one of the major Germanic tribes of ancient times, were a key player in the events that marked the downfall of the Western Roman Empire. Although their era lasted only a few centuries, their conquests nonetheless contributed greatly to the emergence of the early medieval period. They were also the very first of the Germanic peoples to adopt Christianity.

    Aleksa Vučković - 19/02/2021 - 17:56

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