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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gandhara-scroll-library-of-congressA slight gust of wind, a particularly humid day, or even a simple exhalation could cause the scroll to crack or crumble into pieces. To unroll a scroll this old is almost unthinkable—but recently, conservators at the Library of Congress found themselves with no other option. They wanted to read the words scrawled inside the Gandhara scroll.
A remarkable find and a remarkable accomplishment to unroll it in order to read it.
The ancient region of Gandhara is now the Peshawar Valley in northern Afghanistan and Pakistan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhara