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Behind the scenes at the British Museum. Mike Neilson is a specialist responsible for making copies of some of the Museum's most important treasures.
Behind the scenes at the British Museum. Mike Neilson is an artist and specialist replica-maker who is responsible for making copies of some of the Museum's most important treasures. He is currently casting an exact copy of a colossal Egyptian statue of pharaoh Amenhotep III. Down in the basement curator John Taylor examines a collection of what seem to be mummified Egyptian animals, but x-rays reveal an entirely different story. Meanwhile, curators from the Museum's Middle Eastern department are called on by customs to help sort out a possible case of smuggling.
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Thu 26 Jul 2007
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