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Europe's Culture Gets Virtual Backup

EU plans to digitize 10,000 artifacts

By Ambreen Ali,  Newser User

Posted Oct 22, 2008 5:10 PM CDT

(Newser) – European culture is going digital. Priceless items such as the Magna Carta, the Mona Lisa, and the Gutenberg Bible will eventually be accessible worldwide for free on “Europeana,” an online encyclopedia funded by the European Union. It plans to match Google Library Project’...   Read full story »

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