An ancient library at the St Catherine Monastery in the Sinai has reopened after three years of renovations, according to the AP. The library houses a collection of 3,300 early codices and manuscripts, second only to the ancient collection held by the Vatican Library. Amongst the historical gems housed in the library are medical recipes by the father of modern medicine Hippocrates and the Codex Sinaiticus, and an ancient handwritten copy of the New Testament.

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