Saturday, April 15, 2006

Manuscript Adventures

The background to the controversial appearance of the ancient coptic manuscript of "The Gospel of Judas" is a warning of the perils that old documents face. After centuries of "benign neglect" in a cave, the manuscript was stolen, returned, steamed, frozen and then restored.
Read Bradley Klapper's account here:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12317455/