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British Library scans ancient Greece to read manuscripts online.
As one of the most important books in the world, ancient literature has been put on the Internet in recent years. Ancient Greek manuscripts preserved to this day will also appear on the Internet. ? ? According to the British Library, 250 of its 65,438+0,000 ancient Greek manuscripts were read on the Internet for free. Administrators hope this will benefit historians, biblical scholars and students who study ancient Greek works. The essence of the manuscript includes the famous Aesop's fable, which was discovered at Mount Athos in Greece in 1842. ? ? Although putting these ancient books online does not need to deal with complicated copyright issues like contemporary works, it is easy to be damaged, so it is difficult to deal with them. These ancient books full of cracks must be carefully opened and scanned page by page. According to the British Library, it usually costs 1 pound (1.5 USD) to scan each page. ? ? The British Library has done a lot of work and put many collections on the Internet, including19th century newspapers and treasures, including the Gospel of Lindisfang and Selected Works of Leonardo da Vinci? Leonardo da vinci's sketches, as well as the complete version of the oldest existing Christian Bible "Sinai Codex". ? ? Although Google has made millions of books available for people to read online through massive book scanning, it still takes a long time to move ancient texts from libraries to the Internet. ?