Giving relics a new breath of life

HOHHOT, April 2 (Xinhua) -- At the Inner Mongolia Museum in north China, a relics restorer in a white coat maneuvers an X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer close to a gilt silver saddle from the Tang Dynasty (618-907), and within a few dozen seconds, data about the object's metallic elements flash across the screen, which will guide the meticulous restoration to come. It is a vivid example of how modern technol

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