In 2003, monks at Tibe Sakya Monastery broke open a sealed wall and discovered 84000 ancient manuscripts unknown to the outside world. Founded in 1073 AD, the Sakya Monastery has long been one of Tibe's most important religious centers, but this discovery revealed its importance as one of the worlds greatest treasure troves of ancient knowledge. The manuscripts contain texts on Buddhist scriptures, medicine, philosophy, astronomy, and art representing nearly a millennium of accumulated wisdom an

Founded in 1073, the Sakya Monastery houses a remarkable discovery: a library hidden within a 60-meter-long, 10-meter-high wall in Tibet, containing 84,000 secret books that document 10,000 years of human history. To date, only 5% of these texts have been translated. | Daily Times