diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs
index 6ad11ee13c..d3f0cbc6de 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
  */
 
 using OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes;
+using OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.World.Serialiser;
 using System;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
 using log4net;
 
@@ -85,7 +87,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.World.Archiver
             // Reload serialized prims
             m_log.InfoFormat("[ARCHIVER]: Loading prim data");
             
-            //m_scene.LoadPrimsFromXml2(
+            IRegionSerialiser serialiser = m_scene.RequestModuleInterface<IRegionSerialiser>();
+            serialiser.LoadPrimsFromXml2(m_scene, new StringReader(serializedPrims));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Serialiser/IRegionSerialiser.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Serialiser/IRegionSerialiser.cs
index 752b5b6df8..b7ed9f9f99 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Serialiser/IRegionSerialiser.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Serialiser/IRegionSerialiser.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 using libsecondlife;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
 using OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes;
 
 namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.World.Serialiser
@@ -38,9 +39,21 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.World.Serialiser
         void LoadPrimsFromXml(Scene scene, string fileName, bool newIDS, LLVector3 loadOffset);
         
         void SavePrimsToXml(Scene scene, string fileName);
-        
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Load prims from the xml2 format
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="scene"></param>
+        /// <param name="fileName"></param>        
         void LoadPrimsFromXml2(Scene scene, string fileName);
         
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Load prims from the xml2 format
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="scene"></param>
+        /// <param name="reader"></param>        
+        void LoadPrimsFromXml2(Scene scene, TextReader reader);
+        
         void SavePrimsToXml2(Scene scene, string fileName);
             
         void LoadGroupFromXml2String(Scene scene, string xmlString);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Serialiser/SceneXmlLoader.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Serialiser/SceneXmlLoader.cs
index 7f51b58b54..2ac07547ea 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Serialiser/SceneXmlLoader.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Serialiser/SceneXmlLoader.cs
@@ -147,26 +147,43 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Load prims from the xml2 format
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="scene"></param>
+        /// <param name="fileName"></param>
         public static void LoadPrimsFromXml2(Scene scene, string fileName)
         {
-            XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
-            XmlNode rootNode;
-            if (fileName.StartsWith("http:") || File.Exists(fileName))
+            LoadPrimsFromXml2(scene, new XmlTextReader(fileName));
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Load prims from the xml2 format
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="scene"></param>
+        /// <param name="reader"></param>
+        public static void LoadPrimsFromXml2(Scene scene, TextReader reader)
+        {
+            LoadPrimsFromXml2(scene, new XmlTextReader(reader));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Load prims from the xml2 format.  This method will close the reader
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="scene"></param>
+        /// <param name="reader"></param>
+        protected static void LoadPrimsFromXml2(Scene scene, XmlTextReader reader)
+        {            
+            XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();                        
+            reader.WhitespaceHandling = WhitespaceHandling.None;
+            doc.Load(reader);
+            reader.Close();
+            XmlNode rootNode = doc.FirstChild;
+            
+            foreach (XmlNode aPrimNode in rootNode.ChildNodes)
             {
-                XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(fileName);
-                reader.WhitespaceHandling = WhitespaceHandling.None;
-                doc.Load(reader);
-                reader.Close();
-                rootNode = doc.FirstChild;
-                foreach (XmlNode aPrimNode in rootNode.ChildNodes)
-                {
-                    CreatePrimFromXml(scene, aPrimNode.OuterXml);
-                }
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                throw new Exception("Could not open file " + fileName + " for reading");
-            }
+                CreatePrimFromXml(scene, aPrimNode.OuterXml);
+            }            
         }
 
         public static void CreatePrimFromXml(Scene scene, string xmlData)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Serialiser/SerialiserModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Serialiser/SerialiserModule.cs
index bfa0a43169..b181fe8c3f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Serialiser/SerialiserModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Serialiser/SerialiserModule.cs
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.World.Serialiser
         {
             SceneXmlLoader.LoadPrimsFromXml2(scene, fileName);
         }
+                
+        public void LoadPrimsFromXml2(Scene scene, TextReader reader)
+        {
+            SceneXmlLoader.LoadPrimsFromXml2(scene, reader);
+        }        
         
         public void SavePrimsToXml2(Scene scene, string fileName)
         {