If you’re a fan of ancient artifacts or the Bible, you may want to book a flight to Britain, as the Codex Sinaiticus, the world’s oldest copy of the bible, will be on display in the British Museum in the coming months, according to The Guardian.
The British Museum will include the Codex Sinaiticus in its upcoming exhibition that explores 1,200 years of Egyptian history after the fall of the pharaohs, which includes periods of Christianity, Islam and Judaism, according to The Guardian.
The book will be on loan from the British Library, where it currently resides. The Codex Sinaiticus was in the British Museum once before in 1990, when the British Library and British Museum were in the same building, according to The Guardian.
“It is quite phenomenal they they are able to lend it to us,” Elisabeth O’Connell, assistant keeper in the British Museum, told The Guardian. “We are absolutely thrilled.”
If you can’t make it out to the British Museum, though, here are some photos of The Codex Sinaiticus:
This isn’t the first time an older version of the Bible has made news this week. Time magazine published a page from the Gutenberg bible, which was first published on Aug. 24, 1456. The featured page includes Jerome’s epistle to Paulinus, which is often considered the prologue to the Bible.
For more on ancient biblical texts:
Ancient Jewish prayer book may be oldest in the world, dated A.D. 840
Jerusalem family finds a 2,000-year-old biblical bath tub in their basement
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Herb Scribner is a writer for Deseret News National. Send him an email at hscribner@deseretdigital.com or follow him on Twitter @herbscribner.