Old manuscripts get a face-lift at al-Aqsa mosque

4,000 manuscripts, some dating back 900 years, are under the process of getting digitized and made available to scholars across the Arab world who are unable to travel to Jerusalem. UNESCO, which is providing assistance for the restoration project, says the library contains "one of the world's most important collections of Islamic manuscripts."

Most of the texts are religious, but other subjects include geography, astronomy, and medicine. Some of the pages contain personal letters about travel in the Middle East of the 18th century.

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