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The most interesting possible source of lost books that I know of are the burned scrolls found in Herculaneum [0]. We just need medical imaging to advance a bit more.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herculaneum_papyri

Unfortunately those are philosophical writings, the bar for "most interesting" is really low here. If you are looking for Sappho or Euripides or even Ennius, it's not in there.

You might enjoy these two Smithsonian films about the discoveries of lost Christian texts in the 19th century.

https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/details/series/bible-hunt...

The what scrolls? Burned Red Sea? I'm guessing you mean Dead Sea scrolls, but I haven't heard of any that were burned.

Danh, yeah, got that wrong, not sure why dead went to red, thanks for the fix.