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March 14, 2007: Rare Manuscripts found in Yemen
"A Yemeni-Italian team doing archaeological and historical research in Yemen found more than 150 ancient rare manuscripts beneath a minaret of al-Jaami’a al-Kabeer, the Grand Mosque, on March 10. The Grand Mosque in the old city of Sana’a is undergoing a massive rehabilitation project carried out by this team, which comes from the Veneto Institute for Conservation and Cultural Heritage in Italy."
