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week's edition include:
** Time was up for Israeli burglar's widow
Nili Shamrat of Tarzana was caught after she sold clocks back to the
Jerusalem museum that her late husband, Na'aman Diller, stole them from in
1983
** Stone Age sights, sounds, smells at Croat museum
The Neanderthal Museum opened last week and was built on the site where
scientists have found the greatest concentration in Europe of Neanderthal
remains, the bones, skulls, tools and other effects of an extinct offshoot
of mankind who inhabited parts of Asia and Europe until 30,000 years ago
** New UK Library Fits Within a Phone Booth
The bright red phone booth was purchased by the Westbury-sub-Mendip Parish
council from BT for a mere £1, and residents soon began to install shelves
and stock them with books that they've read, with the opportunity of
swapping them out for ones they've not
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** Early Humans Used Brain Power, Innovation and Teamwork to Dominate the
Planet
As a species of seeming feeble, naked apes, we humans are unlikely
candidates for power in a natural world where dominant adaptations can boil
down to speed, agility, jaws and claws
** Special painting by Van Gogh discovered in the Netherlands
It was Dirk Hannema who was then the founder of the Zwolle museum and bought
the painting from a Paris art dealer in 1975 for 6500 francs or less than
1000 euro
** Horses in terracotta army 'castrated'
Most of the clay horses unearthed from the mausoleum of Qinshihuang, the
first emperor of a united China, had been "castrated", a Chinese
archaeologist said after studying more than 600 of the life-sized animals
** They have tried to destroy me
Setting up a private exhibition hall to compete with the Grand Palais, the
Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay, the Centre Pompidou and the rest would be an
exercise in futility: like offering Australian wines, or, worse, Burgundy,
to one of the leading Bordeaux chateaux
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** Britain's art of losing treasures
Some of the world's most important paintings may be lost to the nation
because there are no funds available to keep them here following the
purchase of two works by Titian for £100m
** Museum attendance up, income down, survey says
Most of the nation's museums reported better attendance during 2009, but
that didn't necessarily salvage the bottom line, says the American Assn. of
Museums, which conducted an online survey last month and has released its
results
** Prince's Palace Found in Volcanic Crater
The remains of what might have been the residence of the Etruscan prince
Sextus Tarquinius, son of the last legendary king of Rome Tarquinius
Superbus (Tarquin the Proud), have been found on the slopes of an extinct
volcanic crater about 12 miles from Rome, Italian archaeologists have
announced
** Boar badge pinpoints Richard III death
A tiny silver badge of a boar has allowed scientists to finally pinpoint the
precise spot where they believe Richard III was killed by Henry Tudor's
troops, bringing an end to more than 500 years of feverish debate among
archaeologists and academics
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** Laser Surgery Technique Gets New Life in Art Restoration
A laser technique best known for its use to remove unwanted tattoos from the
skin is finding a second life in preserving great sculptures, paintings and
other works of art
** Massive redundancies at London's ICA, but will senior heads roll?
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London is fighting for its
survival following revelations that its operating deficit could soar to more
than £1m, on a turnover of around £5m
** The Ministry Of Food
The Ministry of Food were well aware of the importance of keeping Britain
'fighting fit' and full of energy, so much so that they devised a rather
cheerful chappy called Potato Pete to encourage the eating of energy-rich
potatoes
** From the Blogs - Meet the "Working Girl"
Discover how early settlers of the High Desert dealt with the universal need
for community and connection on the harsh, lonely frontier
** Biblical fragments reunited after centuries
Two parts of an ancient biblical manuscript separated across centuries and
continents were reunited for the first time in a joint display Friday,
thanks to an accidental discovery that is helping illuminate a dark period
in the history of the Hebrew Bible
** Human remains found on 18th century Royal Navy wreck
A skull and rib bones were discovered under a cannon by marine
archaeologists investigating the wreck of HMS Victory - the direct
predecessor of Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar - which went
down during violent storms in 1744
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moments after the zookeeper, the fire marshal, and the roller-coaster
operator all tell you, "No."
** New museum takes shape at heart of Nazi terror
Five years after opening a sprawling Holocaust Memorial in the heart of the
city, Berlin is preparing to inaugurate a major new museum, this time
targeting the Nazi perpetrators
** Narrative Space
An international interdisciplinary conference exploring the interpretive
potential of architecture, exhibitions and design.
** The Science of...Aliens has landed
San Diego Air & Space Museum
** Taking Stock: Museum Studies & Museum Practices in Canada
Toronto, Canada
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