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Rich history of ancient Jewish manuscript revealed using state of the art technology

MĂGURELE, Romania — As the world turns the calendar ahead to 2021, Romanian researchers are turning the clock back to unearth the rich history of an ancient Jewish manuscript. Using state of the art camera technology, a team from the National Institute for Research and Development in Optoelectronics captured images the naked eye can’t see….

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‘Long overdue’: US will build national museums for American Latinos and women’s history after Congress approves historic bill

After a decades-long struggle, legislation to create a National Museum of the American Latino and a National Women’s History Museum in Washington, DC under the umbrella of the Smithsonian Institution was approved last night by the US Congress. Since the passage of separate bills by the US House to found the women’s history museum in…

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Museum exhibit takes visitors through history leading up to election

LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Public Affairs) — From a celebrated portrait of the nation’s first president George Washington to a drawing of George Floyd, University of Kentucky Art Museum’s “This is America*” examines the nation’s story — the good, the bad and the ugly — as the nation approaches the most divisive presidential election in recent history. “Originally planned to coincide with…

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