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The historic Beit Beirut building is seen illuminated during a ceremony marking the end of its restoration in Beirut, Lebanon April 27, 2016. The historic building that was damaged during the Lebanese civil war, will house a museum and a cultural centre. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir


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Visitors hearing the sounds of instruments from around the globe in the courtyard section of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan exhibition “America to Zanzibar: Muslim cultures Near and Far.” Credit George Etheredge for The New York Times


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Rob and Melinda DeRocker own an 1843 house in Tarrytown, N,Y. While renovating, they found all kinds of souvenirs of past occupants including a player-piano roll, a child’s alphabet flash card, hand-painted ceramic tiles and a clay pipe. Credit Tony Cenicola/The New York Times


The History Hidden in the Walls

The History Hidden in the Walls

Once you start digging — whether excavating long-populated urban land for a commercial project or tearing down the walls of a house — you never know what you’ll find. It might be a ritual object placed there to ward off evil spirits 300 years ago, or a few decades...
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