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Guide to Greek Civilization

Manuscripts and Rare books

A Fourth-Century Fragment of the First Book Of Homer's Iliad, In Greek - Papyrus

Manuscripts can prove to be a valuable source of information on a country’s civilization, as they provide information about many different aspects.  In addition, they are the prime source of religion, medicine, literature and ethics imprinting.  

Studies have shown that through manuscripts, researchers retrieve data that help them reform the “old world” in detail, such us "Ancient Greek manuscript reveal Roman life lessons"