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Laser cleaning of a wall painting from Byzantine Egypt








Uploaded to YouTube by: The British Museum
Date submitted to Unlisted Videos: 19 March 2019
Date uploaded/published to YouTube: 8 March 2018

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Museum Scientist, and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation fellow, Dr. Lucia Pereira-Pardo explains how the Museum employs the latest laser technology to conserve heritage objects.

The wall painting currently undergoing conservation is part of the Wadi Sarga research project at the British Museum. You can find out more about the project here:
https://goo.gl/RYYECY

The Museum is very grateful for the generous donation of the ER:Yag laser by Ed and Anne Teppo.