[ad_1] CNN — The brother of two Black teenagers killed in Philadelphia’s 1985 MOVE bombings is suing the city and the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, claiming his sisters’ remains were mistreated and hidden away for more than three decades, court documents show. The civil complaint, filed Friday by …
Read More »Archivists discovered the oldest known map of the stars under a Christian manuscript
[ad_1] CNN — Archivists have uncovered a long-lost historical relic hidden underneath a Christian manuscript: the earliest known map of the stars, according to the Museum of the Bible. A copy of astronomer Hipparchus’ map of the stars was discovered underneath the Syriac text of John Climacus’ “Ladder of Divine …
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Read More »Stolen in 1917, this 1,000-year-old manuscript was just returned to its rightful owners
[ad_1] CNN — A 1,000-year-old manuscript looted during World War I has been returned to the Greek monastery from where it was stolen more than a century ago. The manuscript is one of the oldest handwritten gospels in the world, according to a news release from the Museum of the …
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