National libraries around the world, in connection with the UN education agency, put some of humanity's earliest written works online today, from ancient Chinese oracle bones to the first European map of the New World. The link is here.
The website in seven languages – English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian – contains a treasure trove of rare finds from more than a dozen countries.
For now, searches on the site produce no more than a few hundred items in any category, but the project is ready to expand as other national libraries join in with the 32 libraries and research institutions already involved.
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