Subj : Today in History - 868
To   : Dave Drum
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Fri May 12 2023 06:56:06

Hello Dave,

 DD> 11 May 868 - BOOK PRINTED IN CHINA: Pre-dating the Gutenberg Bible by
 DD> almost six centuries, a copy of the Buddhist 'Diamond Sutra' is created
 DD> by woodblock printing on a 16-foot-long scroll and affixed with an exact
 DD> date. The work will survive to become the oldest known printed and dated
 DD> text in existence.

Egyptian hieroglyphics are much older.
And Mayan petroglyphs.
And also the Rosetta Stone.

As well as prehistoric writings and drawings in caves.

For Life,
Lee

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