Does anybody know the worlds oldest book?
According to a news release by BBC: A book thought to be the oldest surviving printed book in the world has gone on display at the British Library. The Diamond Sutra, which bears the date 868 AD, was found in a walled-up cave in Dunhuang, north-west China, in 1907, along with other printed items. It consists of a scroll of grey paper printed with Chinese characters, wrapped around a wooden pole. The scroll forms part of the Library’s Silk Road display, which focuses on the art and culture of the region. It was discovered by the Hungarian born explorer Sir Marc Aurel Stein, and is thought to be part of a library which was walled up in the cave around the year 1000AD.
