Gospel of Mark [Fragment found in ancient Mummys Mask] A group of scientists and researchers are set to publish their discovery of possibly the oldest copy of a text from the Gospel of Mark later this year. The discovered text was dated all the way to the first century. The oldest surviving biblical copies today are dated only to the second century. According to Live Science, the fragment text was written on a papyrus that was reused to create a mask worn by a mummy. Usually, ordinary Egyptians wore these types of masks that are made out of papyrus, paint, and glue. Papyrus was expensive at that time and people had to reuse sheets that already had writings on them. In the recent years, scientists have developed a method of ungluing the masks without damaging the writings on the paper, making the text readable.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 08:35:43 +0000
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