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Ancient Texts:
Buddhist Texts:
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Dialogues of the Buddha - Translated from by T. W. Rhys Davids, 1899.
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Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Rituals of Death.
Chinese Texts:
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Confucius: The Great Learning.
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Confucius: The Doctrine of the Mean.
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Lao-tzu: The Tao-te Ching.
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Secret of the Golden Flower: Translation by Richard Wilhelm.
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Sun Tzu: The Art of War.
Egyptian Texts:
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Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani): Translation by E.A. Wallis Budge.
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The Corpus Hermeticum: Translation by G. R. S. Mead, 1906.
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Ebers Papyrus (c. 1,500 BC): Medical Treatise.
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The Pyramid Texts: Translation by Samuel A. B Mercer, 1952.
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Rhind Papyrus (c. 1,500 BC): Description of Mathematical Formula.
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Westcar Papyrus: Stories From the 4th Dynasty.
European Texts:
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Barddas of Iolo Morganwg: Edited by J. Williams Ab Ithel, 1862-74.
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Beowulf: Translation by Francis B Gummere, 1910.
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Eleusis Alesia (1936): Xavier Guichard Original.
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The Faerie Queene (1596): By Edmund Spenser.
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The Four Jewels of the Tuatha Danann: Translation by Vernum Hull, 1930.
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Of Geomancy: Cornelius Agrippa.
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Geoffrey of Monmouth - Histories of the Kings of Britain: Translation by Sebastian Evans, 1904.
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The Book of Kells: Digital Collection of Page Images.
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Malleus Maleficarum (1486): Witch-hunting Manual.
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Norse Saga of Creation: The Elder and Younger Eddas.
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Ogham: A Description and Examples.
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Oracles of Nostradamus: Charles A. Ward, 1891.
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The Prophesies of Sybilla: From The Red Book of Hergest.
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Stonehenge: A Temple Restor'd to the British Druids: William Stukeley, 1740.
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The Voynich Manuscript: The Complete Voynich Manuscript
Greek Texts:
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Archimedes: Geometric Solutions Derived from Mechanics.
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Aristotle (c. 350 BC): On Prophesying By Dreams.
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Aristotle (c. 350 BC): On The Heavens.
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Aristotle (c. 350 BC): On Metaphysics.
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Aristotle (c. 350 BC): On The Soul.
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Diodorus Siculus: The Library of History.
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Herodotus (c. 440 BC): The Histories: Translation by George Rawlinson.
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The Phaistos Disc (c. 2nd Millennium BC): Ancient-wisdom Page.
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Plato - 'Critius' (Description of Atlantis): Translation by Benjamin Jowett.
Hebrew Texts:
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Book of Enoch: 1882 Translation (PDF)
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Dead Sea Scrolls: The Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library.
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The Torah: Genesis: JPS 1917 Edition.
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Genesis (Etymological Hebraic Version): Translation by Antoine Fabre , 1814.
Hindu Texts:
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Bhagavad-gītā: From the Bhaktivedanta Vedabase.
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Kama Sutra: Translated by Sir Richard Burton, 1883.
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Ramayana: Srimad Valmiki Ramayana.
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Rig Veda: Translation by Ralph T.H. Griffith, 1896.
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Sama Veda: Translation by Ralph T. H. Griffith, 1895.
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Yajur Veda: Tranlation by Arthur Berriedale Keith, 1914.
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Atharva Veda: Translation by Maurice Bloomfield, 1897.
Pre-Columbian Texts:
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The Dresden Codex: F�rstemann version of the Dresden Codex in PDF format,
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The Dresden Codex: Kingsborough version of the Dresden Codex in PDF format.
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The Grolier Codex: Full Images from Mayavase.com
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The Madrid Codex: Combined Brasseur de Bourbourg and Leon de Rosny Madrid Codex. (PDF)
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The Paris Codex: Northwestern University Library
Sumerian/Mesopotamian Texts:
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Enuma Elish (The Epic of Creation): Translation by L. W. King, 1902.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh: Translation by R. Campbell Thompson, 1928.
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Hammurabi: Code of Laws. Translation by L. W. King.
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The Lament for Ur (c. 2,000 BC): Lamentation for the Destruction of Ur.
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Seven Tablets of Creation: Translation by Leonard King, 1902.
Other Texts:
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Rongorongo : List and Description of All Known Rongorongo Texts.