There's more to wearing the "niqab" -- the austere, all-covering veil favored by ultra-religious Muslim women -- than meets the eye. A recent declaration by a leading Egyptian cleric that women will ...

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says that this new exhibit lifts the veil of mystery on both ancient objects and how the museum preserves them. "'The Stories We Keep: Conserving Objects from Ancient Egypt,' is a new exhibition ...