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The Uncovering of the Sistine Chapel

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In 1980, restorer Gianluigi Colalucci climbed the scaffolding inside the Sistine Chapel and pressed a small solvent-soaked compress against a darkened section of Michelangelo's ceiling....

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Malachi 3:1-4

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