Out Of Cairo Trove, 'Genius Grant' Winner Mines Details Of Ancient Life

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Historian Marina Rustow earned a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" — one of 24 winners announced today. She tells NPR's Robert Siegel about her research delving into the Cairo Geniza, a storeroom of texts that accumulated over many centuries.

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