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A state-of-the-art X-ray diffraction machine analyzes a glazed roof tile from the Forbidden City in a lab on the sprawling compound of the imperial palace also known as the Palace Museum in ...

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An elaborate antique clock is displayed Feb. 21 on the sprawling compound of the Forbidden City also known as the Palace Museum in Beijing. (Photos by Ng Han Guan/Associated Press) Photo Gallery ...

Beijing — It's highly technical work in what looks more like a lab than a museum: A fragment of a glazed roof tile from Beijing’s Forbidden City is analyzed in a state-of-the-art X-ray ...

A restorer works on the mechanism of a antique clock in a workshop on the sprawling compound of the Forbidden City also known as the Palace Museum in Beijing, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han ...

A team of about 150 restorers fuses scientific analysis and traditional techniques to clean, patch up and otherwise revive the more than 1.8 million relics in the collection of Beijing's Forbidden ...