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** Captain Kidd's flagship 'found' **
Three hundred years after the British pirate Captain Kidd was hanged for
terrorising the high seas, archaeologists believe that they have found the
wreckage of his flagship, Adventure, off the coast of Madagascar
** Old computers lose history record **
Vital archaeological records could be lost as the computers they are stored
on become obsolete
** Sacred Kaura clubs return to Australia **
Two Kaurna clubs taken to Britain more than 100 years ago have been lent to
the South Australian Museum by University of Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum
** Geelong to question Guggenheim **
The City of Greater Geelong Council is seeking clarification from the
Guggenheim Foundation about whether it is willing to proceed with a
feasibility study to investigate building a museum in Geelong
** Sight Lines - Step Right Up **
On Saturday at 7:15, the American Dime Museum (a five-month-old Baltimore
institution dedicated to the sideshows and curio museums of yore) will
present a live performance and lecture by museum, circus and sideshow
historian Red Stuart at the Charles Theatre
** `The Art Show': A Rich Mix of Styles and Stimulations Under One Roof **
The Picasso count seems higher than ever at this year's version of "The Art
Show," the 12th annual trade fair staged by the Art Dealers Association of
America
** Egyptian oasis shrouds thousands of mummies **
In archaeology, the dead tell tales about the once-living. In tombs below
the desert sands here, perhaps 10,000 mummies have been waiting 2,000 years
to share their secrets
** Window on the past opens **
Preservationists have begun the tedious process of peeling back wallpaper
and peering under floorboards, trying to unearth the original state of the
Martin Mitchell House in the first major restoration project of the historic
Naperville home
** Lots more stuff for the Smithsonian **
The Smithsonian Institution added 345,000 items to its collection of
historical artifacts last year, an eclectic mix ranging from the earliest
known portrait of Thomas Jefferson to the leather pants, boots, jacket and
brassiere of murdered Tejano singer Selena.
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