I accidentally managed to find it, and it turned out that the oldest books in the world were amazing to me
it is very difficult to reach it and also not found in Indonesia. The book still uses language
foreigners that are difficult to understand. Famous writers in the world may already know books
that. Here's the review:
5. Etruscan Gold Book (600 BC )
Author: Unknown
Country: Bulgaria
Script: Etruscan
Although not much is known about the Etruscan Gold Book, this book is believed to be the oldest book
in the world because it originated around 600 BC. All books are made of 24 carat gold and consist of six
the sheets are bound together, there are illustrations of horsemen, mermaids, lutes and soldiers.
The book was discovered in the late 1950s in a tomb found during excavations for canals
along the Strouma river, Bulgaria.
In 2003, the inventor of the book, who had asked for his name was kept confidential, donated a book
to the Bulgarian National History Museum. According to the museum director at the time, Bojidar Dimitrov,
the authenticity of the book has been verifiedby two experts namely, at Soa,Bulgaria and London, England.
4. Pyrgi Gold Tablets (500 BC )
Author: Thefarie Velianas, King of Caere
Country: Pyrgi, Italy
Scripts: Etruscan and Phoenician
This book was discovered during the excavation of the ancient port city of Pyrgi, Italy in 1964. And it is estimated
the book originated around 500 BC. Although the actual appearance is not like a book, but every
the section / page has a hole around the page boundary indicating that each page has been bound
together. This book is famous for being written in two different languages, two pieces written in Etruscan
ancient and the third is written in Phoenician. Because it contains two languages, researchers have struggled
bad to succeed in translating the book.
3. Nag Hammadi Library (3rd and 4th centuries)
Author: Not Sure (probably a Pachomian monk)
Country: Nag Hammadi, Egypt
Manuscript: Coptic
The Nag Hammadi Library is a collection of thirteen manuscripts buried in closed bottles
was discovered in 1945 by a farmer named Muhammed al-Samman at Nag Hammadi, Egypt.
The writings found in this book are mostly about Gnosticism, but there are also works
Judging from the scratch of the writing, this book is believed to have originated in the 3rd and 4th centuries and is thought to have been buried and
hidden by Saint Athanasius who banned the use of non-canonical books in 367.
Since this discovery, the content of the text has greatly influenced modern research on early Christianity and Gnosticism.
2. Madrid Codex (900-1521 )
Author: Unknown
Country: Central America / Latin (Maya)
Script: Yucatecan (Maya)
Found in Spain in the 1860s, Madrid Codex - also known as the Tro-Cortesianus Codex - was wrong
one book found in the pre-Columbian period in the Mayan cultural area around 900-1521 AD.
Most likely produced in Yucatán, this book was written in Yucatecan, the Maya language group
1. Sinaiticus Codex / Sinai Bible (330-360 AD)
Author: Various Scribes
Country: Sinai, Egypt
Script: Greek
Sinaiticus Codex, commonly called the Sinai Bible, is one of the most important and valuable books in the world
because it is the only original manuscript of the Christian Bible that is still intact. This book is a copy of the Bible
handwritten in the ancient Greek text of the Septuagint, which was originally made by four scribes in the century