Editing Church of the Nativity (section)

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Italian restoration workers uncovered a seventh surviving mosaic angel in July 2016, which was previously hidden under plaster.<ref name=7angel>{{cite web |url=http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2016/07/05/italians-find-church-of-nativitys-7th-angel_588dc3e0-5904-4c2b-92e2-69e6a4c38cfa.html |title=Italians find Church of Nativity's 7th angel |work=[[Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata]] |location=Rome |access-date=8 July 2016 |date=5 July 2016 |archive-date=8 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708140015/http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2016/07/05/italians-find-church-of-nativitys-7th-angel_588dc3e0-5904-4c2b-92e2-69e6a4c38cfa.html |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the Italian restorer Marcello Piacenti, the mosaics "are made of gold leaf placed between two glass plates" and solely "faces and limbs are drawn with small pieces of stone."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/bethlehem-church-mosaics-sparkle-in-time-for-christmas |title=Bethlehem church mosaics sparkle again, in time for Christmas |newspaper=The Straits Times |date=December 16, 2018 |access-date=April 28, 2021 |archive-date=28 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428141748/https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/bethlehem-church-mosaics-sparkle-in-time-for-christmas |url-status=live }}</ref>