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History A priceless library is in danger—beetles are eating through centuries of history Hungary’s oldest library is under threat from a swarm of hungry beetles.

Paper-eating beetles threaten 100,000 books at country’s oldest library Restoration workers are racing against the clock to save the centuries-old books ...

The insects, commonly found among dried foodstuffs, are drawn to the gelatin and starch-based adhesives used in bookbinding. The infestation has been discovered in a section of the library containing ...

Upon opening the volumes, burrow holes could be seen in the paper where the beetles chewed through. The abbey at Pannonhalma was founded in 996, four years before the establishment of the Hungarian ...

Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are being urgently removed from a medieval abbey in Hungary in a desperate bid to save them from a devastating beetle infestation. The 1,000-year-old ...

This aims to eradicate the tiny drugstore beetles, also known as bread beetles, which have burrowed into the historic texts. The insects, commonly found among dried foodstuffs, are drawn to the ...

Hungary's historic Pannonhalma Archabbey library is under threat from book-eating beetles, prompting a massive preservation effort to save centuries-old texts.