Our cultural heritage is being destroyed faster today than at any time in the past. An undertstanding of the basic processes causing deterioration of ancient artefacts is urgently needed.
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Burns, G. Deterioration of our cultural heritage. Nature 352, 658–660 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/352658a0
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