25 Apr 2007
Text reveals more ancient secrets

Has anybody else noticed the other subtext here? That the works of Archimedes, Aristotle and other greats were erased by the monks to make a prayer book?

How can anyone still believe that these religious recyclers "saved civilization" during the "Dark Ages"? Only in very rare instances (Snorri in Iceland comes to mind) did Christian chroniclers preserve anything - most of their time was spent copying obscure religious arguments and erasing the greatest philosophers the world had yet produced.

Experts find a 13th Century prayer book has yielded yet another key ancient text buried in its parchment.

(link) [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition]

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