Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 21:16
The Vatican Library and Oxford University`s Bodleian Library have put the first of 1.5 million pages of ancient manuscripts online.
Last Updated: Sunday, September 8, 2013, 14:58
Researchers have used 3D modelling and drawings in 16th century manuscripts to digitally recreate two elaborate Tudor-era tombs.
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 23:14
Islamic radicals destroyed 4,000 ancient manuscripts during their occupation of Timbuktu, according to the findings of a United Nations expert mission.
Last Updated: Monday, October 15, 2012, 12:38
The Tripura University has taken initiative to preserve hundreds of valuable manuscripts, bound in animal hides, lying in possession of Chakma tribes.
Last Updated: Sunday, July 22, 2012, 20:18
Kapil Sibal said that his ministry has decided to take up preservation of Kashmir`s rich manuscript wealth.
Last Updated: Saturday, April 7, 2012, 11:34
About 40,000 manuscripts from archives of the century-old Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal (BISM) have been digitised as part of a drive to preserve historical documents.
Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2012, 21:50
All 80,000 items in Albert Einstein`s archives, including personal correspondence with half a dozen lovers and a poignant postcard to his ailing mother, are going online.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 20, 2011, 11:07
Volunteers in white laboratory coats stood on the back of a pickup truck along the banks of the Nile River in Cairo, rummaging through stacks of rare 200-year-old manuscripts that were little more than charcoal debris.
Last Updated: Monday, August 22, 2011, 20:47
Tibet has preserved more than 50,000 `pages` of ancient palm-leaf manuscripts originating in India.
Last Updated: Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 13:18
The National Archives of India has revamped two assistance schemes to include digitisation of archival photographs and prints.
Last Updated: Thursday, May 26, 2011, 18:36
Jammu and Kashmir government plans to take up with Union Culture Ministry the return of antiques and ancient manuscripts found during excavation at various sites in the state.
Last Updated: Monday, October 19, 2009, 21:14
BJP on Monday demanded a CBI inquiry into the theft of 36 rare manuscripts from the archives of two premier institutes in Bihar, saying the state had already recommended it.
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