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The Sinai Palimpsests Project | Sinai Palimpsests Project The Sinai Palimpsests Project is using state-of-the-art spectral imaging to recover erased texts from palimpsest manuscripts in the library of St. Catherine’s Monastery of the Sinai, the world’s oldest continually operating monastery. The monastery holds an exceptional collection of more than 160 p…

http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2015/01/25/379634318/piece-by-piece-monks-scramble-to-preserve-iraqs-christian-history?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150125

Piece By Piece, Monks Scramble To Preserve Iraq's Christian History Fleeing ISIS, an order of Dominican monks had to leave much behind. But when Father Najeeb Michaeel helped the Christian community escape, he took one thing with him: a collection of manuscripts.

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http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.se/2014/11/byzantine-treasures-of-mount-athos-to.html #.VF74V_n_uZC

The Archaeology News Network: Byzantine treasures of Mount Athos to be digitized

Rina Avner is a former DO fellow:

http://www.antiquities.org.il/Article_eng.aspx?sec_id=25&subj_id=240&id=4086

Israel Antiquities Authority All of the information regarding the inscription will be presented in a conference open to the public on “Innovations in the Archaeology of Jerusalem and its Surroundings”, to be held this Thursday (23/10) on the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem A rare find of tremendous his…

http://observers.france24.com/content/20141017-priests-race-save-manuscripts-threatened-rampaging-jihadists-iraq

Priests race to save manuscripts from jihadists in Iraq As fighters from the 'Islamic State' group rampage across northern Syria and Iraq, a group of priests are racing against time to save what's left of the region's Christian...

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Center for Byzantine Material Arts Official site of North America's entry point for the Orthodox fine arts

http://maryjahariscenter.org/blog/catalogue-of-greek-medieval-renaissance-manuscripts-in-the-collections-of-t/

Catalogue of Greek Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts in the Collections of the USA, Part VIII Nadezhda Kavrus-Hoffmann. “Catalogue of Greek Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Collections of the United States of America. Part VIII: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Library Company of Philadelphia.” Manuscripta 58, no 1 (2014): pp. 38–73. Abstract This article, part eight of the “Catalo…

http://world.greekreporter.com/2014/05/27/rare-seal-depicting-st-sabbas-discovered-in-jerusalem/

Rare Seal Depicting St. Sabbas Discovered in Jerusalem | News from Greeks in Africa, Asia, and... A rare seal dating back to the Crusades era has been discovered during excavations at the Monastery of St. Sabbas in the Bayit VeGan neighborhood of Jerusalem.

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2014/05/syria-maaloula-damage-christian-sites.html #

Syrian government says Maaloula’s sites sacked by rebels - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East According to a report by the Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums for the Rif Damascus governorate, Christian sites in the historic town of Maaloula have suffered substantial damage.

The saga continues

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/05/us/fresh-doubts-raised-about-papyrus-scrap-known-as-gospel-of-jesuss-wife.html?hp

Fresh Doubts Raised About Papyrus Scrap Known as ‘Gospel of Jesus’s Wife’ A relic has provoked fascination and fury it was unveiled nearly two years ago by an eminent historian of early Christianity at Harvard Divinity School.