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This film shows the restoration of an Osiris statuette (exceptional because of its height), dating from the 25th or 26th Egyptian dynasty. The first operation consists in describing very precisely the exterior aspect of the statuette. Then a cleaning of its surface is done. Finally, a detailed study of its production and its decoration is done.

The caves of Arcy-sur-Cure, in the northern Morvan (France), were dug in the limestone of the Mesozoic Era. They were used as shelters by prehistoric men and excavations, which had been done there, have permitted to discover tracks of a continuous occupation since the middle of the Quaternary Period.

A Gallo-Roman complex of potters workshops mixed with houses was discovered in the village of Sallèles d ' Aude near Narbonne. These workshops have runned from the 1st to the 3rd century AD; wine amphorae they produced were exported until the borders of the Roman Empire. Fanette Laubenheimer, a CNRS researcher, presents the whole archaeological site and the excavations which have been done there.

Conservation and restoration of Gallo-Roman objects dating from the second century AD, found in excavations at La Favorite, in Lyon. The find in question is an oculist's instrument case.

Conservation and restoration of a statue from the Roman period, representing the god Hermes.

Study of skeletons discovered in a medieval necropolis in the Val d'Amby district, Isère.

The elaboration of a collective work, the result of the contributions of four artists who use different means of expression : the painter Marti Pey, the photographer André Villers, the writer Michel Butor and the musician Patrick Michel.

Daily life and rituals performed by the inhabitants of Sar Luk, a village in central Vietnam.

A narration of a Vietnamese folk legend. The scenes are illustrated with coloured drawings explaining the origin of betel.

Observation and analysis of surface tectonic mechanisms connected with the forward movement of an overthrust sheet in the Corbières region, in the eastern French Pyrenees.

A genetic, medico-legal and psychosocial approach to the genetic anomaly of men with a 47th chromosome (XYY trisomy), casting doubt on the media's assimilation of this anomaly to anti-social and criminal tendencies.

An experimental study of stability and rupture velocity in a film of artificial tears (whose composition can be varied) on the surface of a fragment of natural or grafted silicon (materials for contact lenses).

Description of the Cyclotron department of the National Scientific Research Center of France. Use, operation and applications. In particular : historic dating, metal wear, production of radio-isotopes in the Orleans Labotory, medical diagnoses at the Frederic Joliot hospital of Atomic Energy Commission.

The second law of thermodynamics is not synonymous with disorder. On the contrary, it describes organization in open systems subjected to inflow and outflow. This is illustrated by chemical reactions that evolve periodically over time, or which create non-uniform distribution of constituents in space.

Experimental study of sodium combustion and extinction tests by powder-spreading.

Study of pollens, pollenization, and the dispersal of pollen in the atmosphere and its dependence on weather conditions. Study of the implications for forecasting harvests and allergy outbreaks.