Amie
07-26-2006, 01:40 PM
I thought this was a neat bit of news-worthy info:
Ancient psalms book found in Irish bog
DUBLIN -- Irish archeologists Tuesday heralded the discovery of an ancient book of psalms by a construction worker who spotted something while driving the shovel of his backhoe into a bog.
The approximately 20-page book has been dated to the years 800 to 1000. Trinity College manuscripts expert Bernard Meehan said it was the first discovery of an Irish early medieval document in two centuries.
click here for the rest (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0607260121jul26,1,1064629.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed)
Ancient psalms book found in Irish bog
DUBLIN -- Irish archeologists Tuesday heralded the discovery of an ancient book of psalms by a construction worker who spotted something while driving the shovel of his backhoe into a bog.
The approximately 20-page book has been dated to the years 800 to 1000. Trinity College manuscripts expert Bernard Meehan said it was the first discovery of an Irish early medieval document in two centuries.
click here for the rest (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0607260121jul26,1,1064629.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed)