Natl Geo: Medieval Christian Book Discovered in Ireland Bog
Submitted by Robert Daeley on Thu, 2006-07-27 14:19.
Medieval Christian Book Discovered in Ireland Bog
A thousand-year-old Book of Psalms has been discovered by a construction worker in a bog in Ireland. The eagle-eyed worker was using a backhoe to dig up potting soil in central Ireland last week when he spotted the leather-bound book. Experts called to the site were amazed to find an ancient Psalter Book of Psalms lying in the mud. The archaeologists won’t say exactly where the book was found until they are finished investigating the site. About 20 pages long and written in Latin, the book has been dated to between A.D. 800 and 1000….
Update: We are probably not doomed.
Just in case you were worried, National Enquirer Geographic follows up with Newfound Book of Psalms Doesn’t Predict Doom, Experts Say. Thank God for that.
It’s not the end of the world, experts announced today. The opening passage of a thousand-year-old Christian prayer book discovered in Ireland does not say that doomsday is near.
When the medieval text—a Book of Psalms dated to about A.D.1000—was unearthed by a construction worker in a bog last week, archaeologists described the find as a miracle.
But the discovery has since met with some nervous speculation about its possible religious significance.