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How hundreds of forgotten klezmer tunes have been rescued from oblivion

Thanks to a mammoth klezmer digitization project, we can hear Jewish music that hasn't been played for generations.
Archaeology

The World's Oldest Writing

SCRIBE STATUE. FOUND: Lagash, Iraq. CULTURE: Sumerian. DATE: ca. 2400 B.C. LANGUAGE: Sumerian. In early 2016, hundreds of media outlets around the world reported that a set of recently deciphered ...