https://freerepublic.com/tag/raremanuscript/ en-us Sat, 8 Jul 2017 02:55:31 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3567538/posts Cairo- Egypt has announced the discovery of a rare manuscript dating back to the fifth or sixth century at the Saint Catherine Monastery in southern Sinai. Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany said the manuscript was uncovered by monks during restoration works carried out at the monastery’s library. The minister highlighted the discovery’s importance, as it features medical texts written by the renowned Greek physician Hippocrates, along with three other texts by an anonymous writer. The monastery has a library containing 6,000 manuscripts, among them 600 manuscripts written in Arabic, Greek, Ethiopian, Coptic, Armenian and Syriac dating back to the 4th... Asharq Al Aswat https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3567538/posts#comment Sat, 8 Jul 2017 02:55:31 GMT