Biblical chapter of Matthew rediscovered after 1,500 years in hiding

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Find out about the secrets of the Masada, hieroglyphs, Ashurbanipal's library, and other biblical era archaeological finds In the first century BC King Herod the Great, the baddie from the Bible who ordered the execution of all male children at the time of Jesus’ birth, built himself a hilltop desert fortress to serve as his refuge in case of trouble. Herod never needed it, but a century…

Biblical chapter of Matthew rediscovered after 1,500 years in hiding

A long-lost Biblical passage, buried for nearly 1,500 years, has surfaced through the lens of ultraviolet technology. The rediscovery bridges ancient scripture and modern science in a stunning reveal. At the heart of this breakthrough is medievalist Grigory Kessel from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW). Using ultraviolet light, he uncovered a hidden layer of text in a centuries-old manuscript that had been overwritten twice. Where Antiquit…