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Israelis Mapping Vast Mount of Olives Necropolis
(AP-Washington Post) A Jewish group in Jerusalem is using 21st-century technology to map every tombstone in the ancient cemetery on the Mount of Olives, a sprawling necropolis of 150,000 graves stretching back three millennia and among the oldest cemeteries in continuous use in the world. The goal is to photograph every grave, map it digitally, record every name, and make the information available online. Around 40,000 graves have been mapped so far by the team, which began work in 2008. They expect to finish recording all of the intact gravestones - an estimated 100,000 in total - by the end of next year.