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I'm sure it's happened. If you can't read, old documents just look like perfect tinder. Many of the documents found at Nag Hammadi were burned before anyone re
by robterrell 11y ago
I'm sure it's happened. If you can't read, old documents just look like perfect tinder.
Many of the documents found at Nag Hammadi were burned before anyone read them. Among the unburned was a copy of Plato's Republic (not an original, but still).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_library https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_library
Reading these makes me wonder what other interesting written interpretations of various religious figures were burned out of existence.