St Catherine's in Egypt yields more ancient info

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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/scientists-discover-lost-languages-in-find-at-egyptian-monastery-qkvd6l9ps
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That site gave me a registration requirement, but I found other links and it's an amazing story.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/sinai-peninsula-hidden-texts/536313/


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Another dead language to be found in the palimpsests is one used by some of the earliest Christian communities in the Middle East. Known as Christian Palestinian Aramaic, it is a strange mix of Syriac and Greek that died out in the 13th century. Some of the earliest versions of the New Testament were written in this language. "This was an entire community of people who had a literature, art, and spirituality," says Phelps. "Almost all of that has been lost, yet their cultural DNA exists in our culture today. These palimpsest texts are giving them a voice again and letting us learn about how they contributed to who we are today."
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