The World’s Oldest Book Was found In Bulgaria

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Another priceless treasure discovered in Bulgaria

The World’s Oldest Book Was found In Bulgaria

There are many discrepancies about the definition of a "book" but if you mean a collection of pages bound together between a front and back cover, then the oldest book in the world with its pages and cover intact is Golden ‘Etruscan’ Orphic Book and dates back to 600BC. It's also amazing that...

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[UnderMiner]

So my paperback illustrated copy of the Epic of Gilgamesh is not as old as I once believed it to be.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Damn it must cost a fortune.



That's what I call a really incredible book is made of six gold sheets, bound together in a rectangular shape. The craftsmanship is breathtaking, with intricate illustrations and mysterious ancient Etruscan script covering each page.

What's truly captivating is that the text in the book remains undeciphered. Can you imagine the stories and knowledge that could be hidden within those pages? It's like a linguistic puzzle waiting to be solved.

And I took Spanish in high school and Korean in college. They didn’t even offer ancient Etruscan!🤓. But seriously, I’m with you. Think what could be recorded there.