The oldest surviving copy of the Hebrew Bible has been officially recognized by the United Nations Educations, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a world treasure.
The contents of a 1,500-year-old-parchment scroll have remained a mystery until scientists recently were able to digitally unwrap it and discover the first eight verses of the book of Leviticus.
The Vatican Library in Rome and the Bodleian Library at Oxford University have scanned and loaded the first of 1.5 million pages of ancient Hebrew, Greek and early Christian manuscripts.