Decoding the Alhambra

Investigators are trying to catalog the thousands of Arabic inscriptions that cover the walls and columns of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. The Alhambra, home to the Muslim rulers of Al Andalus (Andalucia), was the last Moorish fort to fall to the Christians during the Spanish conquest. Its inscriptions shed light on its history. The World's Gerry Hadden reports from Granada.

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