Birchbark Manuscripts

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Birchbark Manuscripts

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1papyri
Oct 26, 2014, 10:30 am

From the NYT and Veliky Novgorod Journal

Where Mud Is Archaeological Gold, Russian History Grew on Trees

An interesting article on birchbark manuscripts recovered from mud in Russia.

View some of the manuscripts.

Jos Schaekon from Leiden University who is researching these manuscripts.

2razzamajazz
Edited: Oct 26, 2014, 11:48 am

The bark of birch tree were also used in Ancient India among other form of primitive writing materials.

Use google, search

Birchbark manuscripts in Ancient India :

Click: History of Ancient India) - link