70 books, 2,000 years old, found in Jordan

By IANS,

London : A total of 70 books, made of lead and dating back to over 2,000 years, have been found in a cave in Jordan.

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These could be some of the ­earliest Christian scriptures, and a major discovery in Christian history, experts said.

“We are looking at a very important and significant discovery, maybe the most important discovery in the history of archaeology,” Ziad al-Saad, of Jor­dan’s Department of Antiquities, was quoted as saying by the Daily Express.

David Elkington, head of a British team trying to get the books into a museum in ­Jordan, said: “It’s a breathtaking thought that we have held these objects that might have been held by the early saints of the Church.”