As mentioned, among all the many countries where Novruz is celebrated, Israel stands out. In Israel, the only Jewish state in the Middle East, a festive event was held to mark the holiday for the ...

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Figure 1. The bright red faceted ruby in this gold ring is from the large and potentially productive Snezhnoe deposit in Tajikistan. Photo by Zamoniddin Z. Nasriddinov. Discovered during the late ...