Pannonhalma Archabbey in Hungary Battles Beetle Infestation Threatening 100,000 Historic Books
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· 2 sourcesThe 1,000-year-old Pannonhalma Archabbey in Hungary is battling a beetle infestation that threatens around 100,000 historic handbound books in its library. Hacker News reported that restoration workers are carefully removing the books for disinfection to save them from the tiny beetles. The Onion noted that the infestation has prompted urgent preservation efforts at the ancient library.
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The 1,000-year-old Pannonhalma Archabbey in Hungary is facing a beetle infestation threatening around 100,000 historic handbound books. Restoration workers are carefully removing the books for disinfection to save them from the tiny beetles.
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· 2 pulledTens of thousands of centuries-old books are being pulled from the shelves of a medieval abbey in Hungary in an effort to save them from a beetle infestation.
Restoration workers are removing about 100,000 handbound books from their shelves and carefully placing them in crates, the start of a disinfection process that aims to kill the tiny beetles burrowed into them.
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