One of the world's oldest books goes up for auction

A book believed to have been produced at one of the first Christian monasteries in Egypt around 250-350 AD will go up for auction in June.

The Crosby-Schøyen Codex, which is believed to be one of the oldest texts in existence, is worth between $2.8 million to $3.8 million, according to Christie's auction house.

"It's right at that period, that transitional period, when papyrus scroll starts turning into codex form," Eugenio Donadoni, Christie's senior specialist for books and manuscripts, told Reuters. "So, books as we know them today. And what we have in this book is the earliest known texts of two books of the Bible."