THE ST. CATHERINE'S MONASTERY LIBRARY in the Sinai, an ancient repository for precious biblical manuscripts and other historical treasures, is to be the subject of a major $4.9 million conservation effort:

Conservation of legendary library planned��
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Big News Network.com (via Bible and Interpretation News) Friday 16th July, 2004��
A major conservation project has begun at St. Catherine's Monastery near Mount Sinai to preserve its library of manuscripts for future generations of scholars.

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