Before this document was actually discovered, it had been known, from the ancient lists of canonical and non-canonical writings, that there had once existed a work called the "Didachē," or "Teaching of the Twelve Apostles".
Anaxagoras is included in the ancient lists of those who wrote only one book: in the Apology, Socrates reports that it could be bought for a drachma.
Other documents useful for investigating Egyptian history are ancient lists of kings found in terse chronicles, such as the Fifth dynasty Palermo stone.
The MacGregor papyrus of ancient Egypt lists 75 amulets.
Iran is host to many cultural treasures largely unknown in the west, including glittering mosques, spectacular landscapes and 19 ancient ruins listed as Unesco world heritage sites.
Turin Papyrus, also called Turin Papyrus of Kings or Turin Canon, hieratic manuscript of the 19th dynasty (1292 1190 bce) of ancient Egypt, listing the kings of Egypt from earliest times to the reign of Ramses II (1279 13 bce), under whom it was written.
But Taylor-Wharton, whose early products included cannon balls for George Washington's continental army, was not absorbed into what is now called Harsco until 1953.Today's biggest, best-known companies are mostly spotty youths by comparison with the ancient firms listed above not least because their main activities have become possible only since the industrial revolution.
Gratian's collection was based partly on earlier collections (see the New Advent [Catholic Encyclopedia] article "Collections of Ancient Canons" listed under "Other Internet Resources"), e.g. the collection by Ivo of Chartres (see the Provisional Edition of Ivo of Chartre's Panormia and the New Advent article "St. Ivo of Chartres").
ancient China lists of different plants and herb concoctions for pharmaceutical purposes date back to at least the time of the Warring States (481 BC-221 BC).
