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The Vatican has practiced the tradition of keeping documents secret for centuries. It was not until 1881 that only one part of the archive was opened to scholars. However, even those who gain access do not have the freedom to see everything. Scientists who have been admitted to the archive describe precisely what they want to study and exactly which documents they need. They must look for a specific document and then have the keepers of the archive give them exactly that document and no other. The secret archives of the Vatican are perhaps one of the most mysterious places in the world. Some of the most important documents in human history are buried in the archive, and only a select few people have access to them. Part of the archive is inaccessible even to the Pope himself. The Vatican Archives is a real labyrinth of corridors and bookshelves that form a total length of 85 kilometers under the courtyard of the Vatican Museum. Millions of documents, scrolls, manuscripts, books and more a
