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The international headlines (for the full story visit the webzine) in this
week's edition include:

**  Part of King Midas' throne may have been identified
A nine-inch ivory sculpture found in Greece may be part of the lost throne
of King Midas

**  Rare gem lost, says jailed thief
When Bosko Sevo was sentenced to a minimum of 18 months' jail for the theft
from the South Australian Museum, his grin quickly disappeared   Another
theft story

**  Prehistoric Indian Carving Imperiled by Housing Project
Irvine Co. promises to preserve more significant sites, but local tribal
leaders say the cave with the tiny artifact is sacred ground

**  Veterans Hope to Convert Tustin Hangar Into Interactive War Museum
So what do you do with a World War II blimp hangar? Thoughts vary

**  Sunscreen test reveals budgies' sexy shine
Walter Boles, an ornithologist at the Australian Museum in Sydney, says
showing that fluorescence has a function is rare

**  Site of the Week
The city of Lorient, in consultation with the French Navy and the Paris
Naval Museum, decided to transfer its India Company Museum to the historical
setting of the Citadel of Port-Louis

**  Israel Museum takes optimistic view of tourism decline
Bullets, bombs, and mortars haven't silenced Israel's muses
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**  Display aims to rejuvenate public bath art
It is said that it takes at least a decade to become a fully skilled painter
of bath murals, because of the speed and skills required to finish quickly

**  Greeks to Survey Afghan Antiquities
Greece has long been concerned about the state of antiquities in Afghanistan
from the Hellenistic period   MORE

**  Aquarium loses another otter
That leaves Goldie, the last of the aquarium's original exhibit otters, and
Mae, the pup added after Roscoe's death, in the first-floor tank

**  Philly Fire Blamed on Wiring
Authorities said an electrical problem sparked a New Year's Day fire that
damaged the main building of the city's historic Fairmount Waterworks, which
had recently undergone a multimillion-dollar restoration

**  Catholics Slam Napa Art Exhibit
A museum spokeswoman said the Catalonian figurines were traditionally
peasants, not Popeye, Santa Claus or the pope, as included in the exhibit

**  Holocaust Art Belongs to Suburban Man
When Czech-born Emil Freund was killed in the Poland in 1942, he left behind
an extensive art collection that sat in a Prague warehouse for nearly 60
years

**  NASA/Ames to close Moffett Field museum
Henderson, 77, turned the odds and ends into the heart of a tiny, four-room
museum tucked into a corner of Moffett Field's most recognizable building

**  "You Must Satisfy Your Queen"
So it seemed wise, even prudent, to seek counsel from the animal kingdom;
these multifarious species, many of which predate humankind and have
survived cataclysms far worse than our present imaginings
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**  History Buffs Long For Museum
For the past 20 years, Palo Alto history buffs have longed for a venue to
showcase the rich heritage of Silicon Valley's birthplace

**  Archaeologist Seeks Lewis, Clark
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark left St. Louis in May 1804 and 3,700
miles later reached the mouth of the Columbia River

**  Taliban Had Wrong Impression
Asefi wiped the canvas and women, resplendent in red and blue cloaks,
appeared

**  Griffith Observatory to Get Makeover
Griffith Observatory, which has linked this star-struck city to the stars
above for 66 years, is getting a down-to-earth makeover

**  Truganini opens vault
The discovery of Truganini's skin in a British museum is the tip of an
iceberg in an international black market in body parts

**  This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST

**  OZeCulture 2002: taking the next step

**  2002 National Conference "Celebrating 25 Years of Training Excellence"

**  American Library Association Midwinter Conference Session

**  A panel discussion on the topic of 'teaching archaeology in schools'

**  Creating marketable experiences

**  Interactive Learning in Museums of Art and Design

**  Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics

**  Enlightening the British

**  News Flash!    Short-Lived: New Jewish Museum May Close

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