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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:
** Titanic Scientist Begins Effort to Save 'Museum of the Deep'
Hundreds of tourists and salvagers, explorers and moviemakers, have assailed
the Titanic since the team of American and French scientists discovered its
resting place more than 2 miles down
** Warrior's grave points to Druid site
The discovery of the body of a warrior - thought to have died in battle more
than 2,000 years ago - could help archaeologists to pinpoint the site of an
ancient Druid holy site
** Brooklyn Museum reborn with local works
The Brooklyn Museum has dropped "of Art" from its title and has replaced the
grand stone staircase its founders built
** Fruit of a forbidden passion
Edward Burne-Jones's gorgeous, enigmatic portrait of Amy Gaskell - the
finest of the Victorian era - has long been shrouded in mystery
** 3 Arabs accused of plotting to bomb Holocaust museum
Police said the main suspect was a 42-year-old dentist of Palestinian origin
who holds Hungarian citizenship. SEE ALSO STORY BELOW
** Sunken treasure that revealed an undiscovered China
His discovery was the second of three wrecks - the third being the Tang -
which has turned out to be an undersea treasure trove of such massive
historical significance that Shanghai, Singapore and Doha in Qatar are vying
with each other to buy the cargo
** Ancient Islamic Texts Crumble in Africa
Twice in the past 8 years, conservationists working to save the manuscripts
have come to this fly-buzzed home of sand floors and outdoor toilets, hoping
to buy the disintegrating pages
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** Rings' creatures down in the dumps
For the past two years Weta boss Richard Taylor and Jackson had expressed
interest in a museum to display props from the film trilogy
** Grave Robbers Destroy 1,000-Year-Old Mural in Peru
They probably used picks or wooden poles in a futile effort to steal the
mural - a black, yellow and white dragon in sculpted relief on a painted red
background - but only succeeded in destroying it
** Earliest' pet cat unearthed
The cat was not a modern domesticated cat, Felis domesticus , but Felis
silvestris , a wild cat significantly larger than house cats
** Stealing undiscovered history in Iraq
It's low-tech and bloodless but it is a crime which is slowly robbing
humanity of the roots of its own existence
** Hungary's first Holocaust museum opens
The Holocaust Memorial Centre, which incorporates an old synagogue, exhibit
halls and documentation archives, was opened amid tight security
** New museum director leads archaeologists at Tell Brak
Emberling is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on a range of
topics related to Near Eastern archaeology, including urban social
transformation, early Bronze Age burials and the development of social
identities
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** Novel Museum Exhibits will illustrate Life at Sea
A Model ship made from a turkey breastbone, and a framed Jolly Roger flag,
are just some of the unusual items appearing at Aberdeen Maritime Museum
** Imperial War Museum sets dates for air shows
More than 100 classic Rolls Royce cars will also be on display as part of a
celebration of the centenary of the partnership between Charles Rolls and
Henry Royce
** An intoxicating exhibit at the Erie Canal Museum
Old pictures, ads, barrels and bottles are all on display at the Erie Canal
Museum, offering a closer look at the history of brewing beer in the
Syracuse area SEE THE VIDEO
** Museum of S*x traces Chinese er*oticism
The 2nd major exhibition mounted by Manhattan's Museum of Sex traces the
obsession with er*ticism that has played an important role in Chinese
culture and art for more than 2,500 years
** Sensational discoveries unearthed in Roman armoury
Also brought up from metres of clay and bog is a rare example of a pilum,
the favoured javelin-type spear of the legionnaires
** Museum fails to smell a rat
A graffiti artist called Banksy smuggled his latest work, a dead rat in a
glass-fronted box, into the Natural History Museum in London, where it was
exhibited on a wall for several hours
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** Introduction to Conservation of Outdoor Bronze Sculpture
** Beyond the Basics - genealogical resources
** Summer Historical Archaeology Field School at Mission
** Ebb and Flow: The Migration of Collections to American Libraries
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