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MOUNT ATHOS, the easternmost of the three prongs of the peninsula of Chalkidiké, has been for centuries the "Holy Mountain" of the Orthodox Church. Pious, or at least penitent, Byzantine, Trapezuntine, Serbian and Russian Emperors and dignitaries founded twenty monasteries there in the dark centuries; more than one monarch sought refuge there from the intrigues of courts, and, to make the solitude safer, it has always been a rule that no female -- except the inevitable female flea, which invades most Eastern monasteries -- should set foot upon Mount Athos.

Robert Curzon travelled to Egypt in the 19th century and talked his way into an ancient hermitage that held a number of old Bible scrips.

I have been posting on Late Byzantine history, focusing on the different ways in which such histories can be written. I have for instance tried to justify

Egypt: 'Treasure trove' of Christian manuscripts 'never included in Bible' found in church Callum Hoare Replay Video UP NEXT Robert Curzon was a traveller, diplomat and author who was responsible for acquiring several important and late Biblical manuscripts in the 19th century. In 1833, he arrived in Alexandria, Egypt, before visiting Cairo and the Coptic monasteries of the area. In search of biblical relics, Curzon travelled to a nearby deprived Egyptian monastery, but he uncovered much more than what he had hoped for. His incredible journey was unravelled by archaeologist D...

EGYPT was at the centre of an extraordinary find when a 'treasure trove' of important Christian manuscripts was found, including one that was reportedly 'never included in the Bible'.