Photo: 1,400-Year-Old Christian Mosaic Restored in Israel

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Experts have restored a 1,400-year-old glass mosaic that was recovered from a palace in northern Israel. The panel was discovered in 2005 in Caesarea, an ancient city on the western coast of the Sea of Galilee known for its ancient Roman, Byzantine, and Crusades-era ruins.

Photograph by Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images

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