The Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai, built by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian, holds the second most important library in the world after the Vatican. For several years now, there has been an ongoing effort to digitize part of its library to prevent the loss of its invaluable contents. What most people do not realize is that the content of this library is truly remarkable. I have been studying it for quite some time now and can share some information based on what has been digitized so far. Over 1,100 manuscripts have been digitized so far (approximately 30.000 in total maybe more), with the oldest I have identified dating back to 700 AD till late 1800's. Among the Christian Byzantine texts, there are also outstanding manuscripts, such as works by Athanasios Komnenos, the Apostles, Chrysostom, Aristotle, and Homer, as well as medical texts by Hippocrates. An Hippocratic work includes a plant that appears to have been used as a remedy for scorpion stings. There are many, many thousands of works by great minds preserved here. The monastery stands at the crossroads of the three monotheistic religions and is known to have been visited by the greatest religious and philosophical figures—regardless of their faith—who would come to this living library to study alongside the monks and be educated by the immense wealth of knowledge preserved there. In the photo, you can see part of a manuscript of Homer’s Iliad from 1397, which is housed at the Monastery of Saint Catherine. A truly unique library filled with priceless knowledge.