Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are being pulled from the shelves of a medieval abbey in Hungary in an effort to save them from a beetle infestation that could wipe out centuries of history.

Beetles have infiltrated a 1,000-year-old library in Hungary, jeopardizing tens of thousands of centuries-old books. The beetles are called drugstore beetles or bread beetles. The library is tentatively scheduled to be reopened next year. Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are in jeopardy of being destroyed due to a beetle infestation.

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