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The international headlines (FOR THE FULL STORY VISIT THE WEBZINE at this
address http://www.globalmuseum.org and click on the NEWS button) in this
week's edition include:
** 1,000 items gone from Air Force museum
An audit of the world's oldest and largest military aviation museum found
1,000 artifacts were reported missing - from NASA and Wright brothers
technology to a variety of military weapons
** Don Juan's maiden stirs again
Another concern is that the vast sums being fetched have effectively put
Bradman memorabilia out of the reach of institutions
Egyptian mummy, matched to royalty, to return to Cairo
The quality of the preservation, the fact that the mummy's arms are crossed
over its chest and its toes were splayed, separated by golden rings, led to
early discussions of its elitist origins
** Diaspora Museum on the Verge of Economic Collapse
The Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, once famed for its cutting-edge
technology and innovative exhibitions, is on the verge of total economic
collapse
** Sports Museum Planned for City
As with wrinkle-free pants and rolling luggage, it's hard to believe nobody
came up with this earlier
** Rare gold relic goes on display
A rare seventh Century gold sword mount will go on display in the Suffolk
town near where it was unearthed by a treasure hunter
** Kemp tightlipped on National Museum's top job
Federal Arts Minister Rod Kemp is refusing to say when or how director of
the National Museum in Canberra, Dawn Casey, will be replaced
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** 200 ancient images in Australian cave
In a cave in rugged wilderness not far from the luxurious country resorts of
this city's well-to-do, an anthropologist has found an unusually rare &
pristine cache of ancient Aboriginal rock art.
** New town planning, Leonardo-style
Leonardo's design is on a new British Library website which will for the
first time allow people all over the world to follow his thoughts, magnify
his drawings and turn the pages of his notebook as if they had it in their
hand
** Museum adopts concept of the mall
There are more than 1m specimens and artefacts covering archaeology,
ethnology and natural and physical sciences held by the museum, collections
unique in their scope and diversity
** Mad Scientist's Plot Thwarted By Budget Cuts
Days before the window of destructonium-mining opportunity closed, the
"ignorant fools" at the NSF slashed Mortis' Armageddon Project funding by 90
percent
** Driftwood, Map May Help End Amundsen Death Mystery
A slab of driftwood and a fisherman's chart may help solve a 75-year-old
mystery about the death of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen in a plane
crash in the Arctic
Fake Shakespeare A Museum Hit
A wooden goblet and rolling pin may been made from a mulberry tree allegedly
planted by Shakespeare in his garden
** Museum offers concessions to only the tiniest children
A Chinese museum has confused visitors by offering concessions to children
under two feet tall
** Age puzzle over 'Roman' treasure
The origin of one of the British Museum's greatest Roman treasures has been
thrown into confusion after a scholar claimed it was actually made in the
16th Century
** Police to Return Medals to War Hero's Family
The family of a war hero are to be reunited with his medals after police
spent four months tracking them down
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** Museum files $3 million suit
A local museum has filed a $3 million suit against a New York art gallery,
saying the gallery misled it about the ownership of an Italian Renaissance
painting that it later had to return to Italy
** Boiling seas linked to mass extinction
A massive methane explosion frothing out of the world's oceans 250 million
years ago caused the Earth's worst mass extinction
** Bat museum clue to island illness
Bat specimens dating back more than 50 years may help scientists understand
high rates of a killer disease on a Pacific island
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** Young Archaeologists Discover New Sites
** The 21st Century Learner: The Continuum Begins with Early Learning
** What would you send into Space?
** Inspiration Calls
** Fifth Annual Wadsworth-Longfellow Symposium
** Witness: A Photography Symposium
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