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** Michelangelo's David may collapse due to train line construction
The statue is riddled with tiny cracks, particularly in the ankles of the
boy warrior, and could collapse as a result of vibrations from the 1.4
billion euro project, which is due to start in the summer
** Meteorite with abundant nitrogen for life on Earth?
A chemical essential for building the first life forms on Earth has been
found in abundance in an Antarctic meteorite, say scientists in the journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
** Fossil Bird Study Describes Ripple Effect of Extinction in Animal
Kingdom
A University of Florida study demonstrates extinction's ripple effect
through the animal kingdom, including how the demise of large mammals 20,000
years ago led to the disappearance of one species of cowbird
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** Wives and sweethearts: love on the front line
The National Army Museum's Wives and Sweethearts exhibition uses letters,
photographs and love tokens to explore soldiers' relationships with their
loved ones over the last two centuries
** Wellington Bomber restoration project to go on show to visitors
The Royal Air Force Museum Cosford is to open its award winning Michael
Beetham Conservation Centre for a week in March to allow the public a
glimpse of the aircraft and artefacts in various states of restoration,
including the centre's largest project, the Wellington Bomber
** Candid cameras capture street life in London over 150 years
A magazine seller at Ludgate Circus in 1893 is seen here after being
covertly snapped by Paul Martin, the first photographer to use a hidden
camera in an attempt to record life in London "as it is"
** A time to remember:exhibition marks peacekeeping missions
An exhibition has opened in Donegal to mark the contribution of the 28th
Infantry Battalion to peacekeeping abroad and in the Republic, particularly
during the Troubles
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** Revamped China history museum skips taboo subjects
China reopened its main history museum on Tuesday after a three-year
facelift, but exhibits in the sprawling facility skip over some of the
country's most momentous - and sensitive - events
** Museum showcases America's gangsters
It's a part of America's past that may not be celebrated in the history
books but certainly left a mark on the early 20th century
** This seafood buffet was held 11,000 years ago
On the menu for the earliest colonizers of the Americas: seabirds, seals and
sardines according to findings from three new archaeological digs on the
Channel Islands off Southern California
** Turkish university opens archaeology museum
Artifacts unearthed during excavations at a 5,000-year-old burial mound in
the Aegean province of Kütahya are on display at an archaeology museum that
opened last week at Dumlupinar University
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** Vatican Museums reach out to deaf and blind
Keen to enable the blind and deaf to enjoy their art, the Vatican museums
have produced a tactile sense experience of two of their most famous works
as well as sign-language routes
** Singapore's ArtScience Museum: Lots of museum, not so much artscience
Firstly, what is ArtScience? The broad term can be applied to anything and
while it offers the museum endless options, it also poses the risk of
ambiguity
** Egyptian Antiquities Chief Resigns
Zahi Hawass, Egypt's powerful and controversial antiquities chief, resigned
on Thursday along with the prime minister, after posting on his Web site for
the first time a list of dozens of sites that have been looted since the
beginning of the uprising that led to the fall of President Hosni Mubarak
** Life of Ottoman fire brigades displayed at Rezan Has Museum
A new exhibition opened last week at the Rezan Has Museum, revealing the
unique lifestyle and culture of Ottoman firefighters
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** Has Earth's Sixth Mass Extinction Already Arrived?
Coauthor Charles Marshall, UC Berkeley professor of integrative biology and
director of the campus's Museum of Paleontology, emphasized that the small
number of recorded extinctions to date does not mean we are not in a crisis
** This Week's Horoscopes
Leo - The stars don't believe they actually have to say this, but just
because you find a recipe that makes pancakes for 1,500 people doesn't mean
you actually have to make that many
** Damien Hirst 'pickled shark' to make Tate comeback
A Damien Hirst retrospective featuring his infamous "pickled shark" is one
of the highlights at Tate Modern in 2012
** Afghanistan: Crossroads Of The Ancient World On View At British Museum
The Afghani art and artifacts on view now at the British Museum showcase not
only the rich cultural heritage of Afghanistan but, because these
antiquities were nearly lost as a result of war and Taliban rule, it
highlights the dangers that artifacts in Egypt and now Libya face
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** Notables join Mexican mogul for museum opening
Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, U.S. former television talk show
host Larry King and Mexican President Felipe Calderon joined magnate Carlos
Slim at the opening of the new Soumaya Museum in Mexico City
** Tattoos and Body Modification in Antiquity - Part II
European Association of Archaeologists Annual Meeting.Oslo, Norway -
September 14-18, 2011
** Paleontology of the Panama Canal
Summer Classes 2011- The Florida Museum of Natural History offers students
an opportunity to earn 6 credits in Panama.
** 17th Annual Legacy Oral History
Cultural heritage and traditions are vital elements in education in all
Baltic Sea countries.
** Maritime Museum Spring Lecture Series
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, MD has announced
a lecture series to begin in March and continue through June, 2011
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