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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Archaeology against the clock: the race to salvage fragments of early Brisbane

In a white and sterile office that could belong to any one of the warehouses that dot this industrial strip between Brisbane's airport and horse-racing precinct, a young woman is engrossed in a puzzle. Only this puzzle comprises, perhaps, three different sets, each almost (but not quite) identical to the other and none likely to be completed. Emily Totivan wears blue plastic gloves. She is an archaeology student helping to catalogue artefacts.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Inside the restoration hangar where the National Air and Space Museum repairs and preserves historic aircraft for display

The Udvar-Hazy Center operates an on-site restoration hangar where visitors can watch slow, meticulous preservation of historic military aircraft like "Flak-Bait".
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