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Terracotta Army saved from crack up

Plastic solution and particle accelerator revive faded Chinese figures.

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  1. Langhals, H. & Bathelt, D. The restoration of the largest archaeological discovery - a chemical problem: conservation of the polychromy of the Chinese terracotta army in Lintong. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 42, 5676 - 5681, (2003).

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Ball, P. Terracotta Army saved from crack up. Nature (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/news031124-7

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