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WATCH | Time-lapse assembly of Dippy the dinosaur

15 July 2021 - 14:06 By Reuters
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A specialist team of four technicians and two conservators reassemble a 26 meter-long dinosaur replica at the nave of the 900-year-old Norman Cathedral.

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