Handwritten Codex Sinaiticus is more than 1,600 years old . contains two books not part of official New Testament . Discovered in a cave in Sinai desert in Egypt more than 1000 years ago . The British government bought most of the pages of the ancient manuscript in 1933 . Scholar named Friedrich Tischendorf recognized its authenticity in 1844 .
Handwritten Codex Sinaiticus is more than 1,600 years old . contains two books not part of official New Testament . Discovered in a cave in Sinai desert in Egypt more than 1000 years ago . Scholar named Friedrich Tischendorf recognized its authenticity in 1844 .