...a fragment of what could be the earliest copy of the Gospel of Mark - the oldest of the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and central to the belief system of Christianity - is set to be published after being discovered in the face mask of an Egyptian mummy...when regular citizens died and were mummified, their masks were made from simple papyrus - a plant-based, paper-thin material - which was glued together in layers and painted....and while papyrus was obviously a whole lot cheaper to produce than gold, it came in limited supply, so people often recycled it...this technique (has been used) to extract hundreds of ancient texts from the masks of different mummies...more notable finds include tales and philosophical musings of Homer, the ancient Greek poet...
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 21:20:44 +0000
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