Oxford University and the Vatican intend to release 1.5 Million ancient texts online.

[JoshLowry]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/11/net-us-vatican-oxford-digital-idUSBRE83A1HF20120411

:cool:

[Aratus]

:toady:

[Uriah]

cool

[RickyJ]

How can we verify these are really ancient texts? Do we have to just trust them? I don't trust them to not alter them or just plain make up texts that they don't even have possession of to "rewrite" history as they see fit.

[sailingaway]

How can we verify these are really ancient texts? Do we have to just trust them? I don't trust them to not alter them or just plain make up texts that they don't even have possession of to "rewrite" history as they see fit.

It's the internet. You have to judge the sources yourself.

[Barrex]

How can we verify these are really ancient texts? Do we have to just trust them? I don't trust them to not alter them or just plain make up texts that they don't even have possession of to "rewrite" history as they see fit.

I am pretty sure there is nothing in there about "Who killed Kennedy's"... so why do you yanks even care?

:D



P.s.
I will have to brush up on my latin.

[Aratus]

we are Yanks, admittedly
some of us think the good
ole daVinci code is very real

[sailingaway]

I am pretty sure there is nothing in there about "Who killed Kennedy's"... so why do you yanks even care?

:D

P.s.
I will have to brush up on my latin.

that's pretty dismissive. We're as interested in history as anyone.

And history says some of their popes were pretty Machiavellian. So to speak. The records might not all be pure, even with the best attempts to keep them so, in modern times.

[Acala]

Very cool. But this may be even cooler:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herculaneum_papyri

[Barrex]

Me make a jokea...people no fun...me sad

[JoshLowry]

Thanks for that acala. Anyone recall reading that Tolkien's books were directly inspired by the special access he had at Oxford?I don't remember what link I watched/read that. Didn't bookmark it.

[DerailingDaTrain]

Romani Ite Domum

If anyone gets the reference +rep

I like this idea.

[oyarde]

Meh , I will get you whatever you would like for 1 billion in gold and or silver , for , Josh , a mere 3 milion in Fed Reserve ;)

[Pauls' Revere]

extremely cool. I've been interested in the Gnostic Text.

[oyarde]

extremely cool. I've been interested in the Gnostic Text. There are many of them out there .