Photo: Gospel of Judas Pages Endured Long, Strange Journey

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A page from the Gospel of Judas manuscripts illustrates the document's fragile condition. Dating back to the third or fourth century A.D., the manuscripts are thought to be a Coptic, or Egyptian Christian, translation of a Greek text written sometime prior to 180 A.D.

Photos by Kenneth Garrett © 2006 National Geographic Society

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