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| China's Terracotta Warriors face growing mould threat |
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| www.chinaview.cn
2006-10-18 19:30:15
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BEIJING,
Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Forty-eight types of mould are eating away at China's
2,000-year-old Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an, reported Wednesday's Beijing
Morning Post.
Scientists from Belgium insist that if the moulds are
not killed as soon as possible, the ancient relics will be doomed.
The museum jointly set up a microbe lab with Janssen
Pharmaceutical Belgium in 2001 to curb the growth of the mould that has damaged
the surface of the statues, and resulted in color changes. The mould is also
said to be nibbling away at the inner material that could lead to irreparable
damage.
Temperature changes caused by millions of visitors a
year are thought to be the major reason behind the growing mould problem.
The museum extended its cooperation with the two
pharmaceutical companies by signing an agreement on Tuesday to set up a cultural
relic protection and research center.
The terracotta army was found in the tomb of China's
first emperor, Qinshihuang, outside the city of Xi'an in the 1970s by farmers
digging a well. Enditem
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