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Feb. 02, 1970 - Treasures Recreated by British Museum.: A made-to-measure antiquities service which operates from a dingy, former furniture warehouse in North London is daily exporting reproductions of some of Britain's most important art treasures. And it is all perfectly legal. For a fee you can arrange to have anything from a marble bust of the Roman Emperor Augustus to a fullsize representation of the Pharoah Rameses IT. This secret factory is operated by the British Museum as a service to museums throughout the world and the public. No member of the public has ever been admitted to these extraordinary workshops, principally because of security reasons. Photo Shows Simulating on casts the time-worn coloring of original antiquities at the British Museum's secret reproduction factory in north London

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Admitted Antiquities Anything Arrange Augustus Casts Coloring Dingy Exporting Extraordinary Made-to-measure Museums Operated Operates Perfectly Pharoah Principally Rameses Reasons Recreated Reproduction Reproductions Simulating Throughout Treasures Warehouse Workshops

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