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Parts of 1,200-yr-old paintings found unweathered in Nara

NARA, Japan - Parts of 1,200-year-old paintings of flowers (front) have been found unweathered on wooden doors at the Toshodaiji Buddhist temple in Nara, the Nara prefectural education board said Aug. 24.

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Parts of 1,200-yr-old paintings found unweathered in Nara

NARA, Japan - Parts of 1,200-year-old paintings of flowers have been found unweathered on wooden doors at the Toshodaiji Buddhist temple in Nara, the Nara prefectural education board said Aug. 24.

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ISRAEL-RURAL ESTATE-DISCOVERY

(220823) -- JERUSALEM, Aug. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member of the Israel Antiquities Authority works at a newly-discovered 1,200-year-old rural estate in the southern Negev desert, Aug. 23, 2022. Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 1,200-year-old luxurious rural estate in the southern Negev desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said Tuesday. The estate, first of its kind in the Negev, was exposed in excavations carried out by the IAA prior to the expansion of the Bedouin city of Rahat. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-RURAL ESTATE-DISCOVERY

(220823) -- JERUSALEM, Aug. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2022 shows wares unearthed from a newly-discovered 1,200-year-old rural estate in the southern Negev desert. Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 1,200-year-old luxurious rural estate in the southern Negev desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said Tuesday. The estate, first of its kind in the Negev, was exposed in excavations carried out by the IAA prior to the expansion of the Bedouin city of Rahat. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-RURAL ESTATE-DISCOVERY

(220823) -- JERUSALEM, Aug. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2022 shows wares unearthed from a newly-discovered 1,200-year-old rural estate in the southern Negev desert. Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 1,200-year-old luxurious rural estate in the southern Negev desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said Tuesday. The estate, first of its kind in the Negev, was exposed in excavations carried out by the IAA prior to the expansion of the Bedouin city of Rahat. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-RURAL ESTATE-DISCOVERY

(220823) -- JERUSALEM, Aug. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Aug. 23, 2022 shows a newly-discovered 1,200-year-old rural estate in the southern Negev desert in Israel. Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 1,200-year-old luxurious rural estate in the southern Negev desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said Tuesday. The estate, first of its kind in the Negev, was exposed in excavations carried out by the IAA prior to the expansion of the Bedouin city of Rahat. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-RURAL ESTATE-DISCOVERY

(220823) -- JERUSALEM, Aug. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff of the Israel Antiquities Authority work at a newly-discovered 1,200-year-old rural estate in the southern Negev desert, Aug. 23, 2022. Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 1,200-year-old luxurious rural estate in the southern Negev desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said Tuesday. The estate, first of its kind in the Negev, was exposed in excavations carried out by the IAA prior to the expansion of the Bedouin city of Rahat. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-RURAL ESTATE-DISCOVERY

(220823) -- JERUSALEM, Aug. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Aug. 23, 2022 shows a newly-discovered 1,200-year-old rural estate in the southern Negev desert in Israel. Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 1,200-year-old luxurious rural estate in the southern Negev desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said Tuesday. The estate, first of its kind in the Negev, was exposed in excavations carried out by the IAA prior to the expansion of the Bedouin city of Rahat. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-RURAL ESTATE-DISCOVERY

(220823) -- JERUSALEM, Aug. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Aug. 23, 2022 shows a newly-discovered 1,200-year-old rural estate in the southern Negev desert in Israel. Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 1,200-year-old luxurious rural estate in the southern Negev desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said Tuesday. The estate, first of its kind in the Negev, was exposed in excavations carried out by the IAA prior to the expansion of the Bedouin city of Rahat. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-RURAL ESTATE-DISCOVERY

(220823) -- JERUSALEM, Aug. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff of the Israel Antiquities Authority work at a newly-discovered 1,200-year-old rural estate in the southern Negev desert, Aug. 23, 2022. Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 1,200-year-old luxurious rural estate in the southern Negev desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said Tuesday. The estate, first of its kind in the Negev, was exposed in excavations carried out by the IAA prior to the expansion of the Bedouin city of Rahat. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-RURAL ESTATE-DISCOVERY

(220823) -- JERUSALEM, Aug. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Aug. 23, 2022 shows a newly-discovered 1,200-year-old rural estate in the southern Negev desert in Israel. Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 1,200-year-old luxurious rural estate in the southern Negev desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said Tuesday. The estate, first of its kind in the Negev, was exposed in excavations carried out by the IAA prior to the expansion of the Bedouin city of Rahat. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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Israel discovers 1,200-year-old mosque in Negev desert

STORY: Israel discovers 1,200-year-old mosque in Negev desert DATELINE: June 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:27 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. Bird's eye view of mosque site 2. Staff at site 3. Site of mosque 4. Staff praying at site 5. Remains unearthed from site 6. Bird's eye view of mosque site STORYLINE: Israeli archaeologists have discovered a rare rural mosque dated to about 1,200 years ago and a luxurious estate, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said on Wednesday. The estate and the mosque, among the earliest known worldwide, were uncovered in the southern Bedouin city of Rahat in the Negev desert, according to the IAA. The mosque includes a square room and a wall facing the direction of the holy city of Mecca, and a half-circle niche in that wall pointing south, the IAA said. The excavation at Rahat sheds light on the beginnings of Islam in the Southern Levant, and provides graphic details of the gradual transition from Christianity to Islam, the IAA noted. It thus revealed tha

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Residents woo new settlers to revive western Japan island

Photo taken July 31, 2017, shows a 1,200-year-old camphor tree on Shishi Island, western Japan. The tree is expected to be a tourist attraction on the tiny island in the Seto Inland Sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parts of 1,200-yr-old paintings found unweathered in Nara

NARA, Japan - Parts of 1,200-year-old paintings of flowers (front) have been found unweathered on wooden doors at the Toshodaiji Buddhist temple in Nara, the Nara prefectural education board said Aug. 24. (Kyodo)

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Parts of 1,200-yr-old paintings found unweathered in Nara

NARA, Japan - Parts of 1,200-year-old paintings of flowers have been found unweathered on wooden doors at the Toshodaiji Buddhist temple in Nara, the Nara prefectural education board said Aug. 24. (Kyodo)