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  • A rare fragment from a seventh-century Qur’an — written just decades after the birth of Islam

    This remarkable survival is thought to be from the same Qu’ran as other folios held in Leiden and Paris which have been dated to 650-700 AD

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  • From the Arctic to the Oval Office — the story of HMS Resolute

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