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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:
** Witte tells Ringling museum to back off
Witte Museum officials Wednesday announced they will not share the vast
circus collection of Harry Hertzberg, the late state senator from San
Antonio, with a Florida museum
** Researchers Offer Peek Into Whale Necropsy
The first thing you learn while performing an autopsy on a whale is the
value of a really sharp knife
** Toronto museum explores history of contraceptives
Women strapped amulets containing mule's earwax, weasel's testicles and a
bone taken from the right side of a totally black cat to body parts to avoid
pregnancy
** Saving the world's 'endangered instruments'
A museum in London is stepping in around the world to help preserve musical
instruments in danger of disappearing from their native cultures
** Drake's explorations get new latitude
According to the folklore of southwestern England, a voice from the ship
called out to fishermen tending their nets, "Is the queen still alive?"
referring to Drake's patron, Elizabeth I.
** Could this be the profile of a queen?
This forensic reconstruction bears a striking resemblance to the bust of
Nefertiti, Egyptian queen and legendary beauty
** Estonian museum on totalitarian past funded by Soviet-era escapee who
can't forget
The Soviet regime exiled 35,000 Estonians, including children, in cattle
cars to Siberia
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** Archaeologists Dig Up Caligula's Power-Hungry Past
"Everyone knows this guy was a little crazy. But now we have proof that he
was completely off his rocker, that he thought he was one of the gods,"
** Britain's oldest exam certificate found
The diploma was awarded in AD98 to a garrison soldier whose name has not
survived but who was recruited in the imperial province of Pannonia, now the
Balkans
** Author Arrested for Allegedly Smuggling Ancient Iraqi Artifacts
The author of a book on rebuilding Iraq was arrested at Kennedy
International Airport for allegedly smuggling stolen 4,000-year-old
Mesopotamian artifacts out of Baghdad.
** Iceman died in pain but not alone
Dr Loy believes it was the companion who pulled out the arrow shaft, leaving
the arrowhead behind, and stitched the wound
** Rare seeds destroyed in Washington market fire
When the historic Aldrich's Market burned to the ground this week, a
collection of seeds taken from rare and heirloom plants went with it.
** Japan to aid rebuilding of Iraqi National Museum
Japan plans to help Iraq in restoring cultural assets that were looted and
damaged during and after the U.S.-led war against the country
** Models Strut Their Ancient Stuff
The designs of ancient Scandinavia were recreated from pieces of fabric
excavated from archaeological sites
** Export bar as Venus sells for £8m
The statue is known as the Jenkins or Barberini Venus, and was widely
reproduced as the epitome of gentlemanly Georgian taste
** Escape to Colditz
For five euros visitors can see the tunnels, forged papers and false
uniforms, the secret radio which kept prisoners up to date with BBC news and
a replica of the glider.
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** Feature Site: The Borobudur Ship Expedition
The expedition will retrace the ancient trading and migratory routes taken
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** Mind is what matters at museum for 70 years
"We can only guess how many youngsters - right here - decided to become
doctors, engineers, architects or computer programmers."
** Seeking answers to big 'mystery ape'
From a remote region in the heart of Africa to a genetics lab at the Omaha
Zoo, scientists are trying to find out if they have a new big ape on their
hands
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