Reading the World’s Oldest Books
2006-09-20
A 26 pound stone slab found in a gravel pit by a road building crew in Veracruz, Mexico is the oldest piece of writing ever found in the Americas, dating back almost 3,000 years to the Olmec civilization (who came before the Mayans and the Aztecs). And a 700-year-old Hindu manuscript that has been hidden away in a wooden box is finally being read.
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