Ancient Fragments

The Gospel of Thomas (3rd century)
"Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you. For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed."—Jesus Christ, 5th saying

With a stroke of beginners' luck, one of the British team's earliest finds in Oxyrhynchus was also one of its most important. The men stumbled upon fragments of logia, or sayings of Jesus Christ, which until their discovery had been lost for nearly two millennia. The publication and sale of these lost sayings allowed the team to generate funding for additional excavations at Oxyrhynchus.

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