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** Mummies' newest secret: Gelled hair
Researchers believe that this fat-based hair gel was used by the Egyptians
to mold and hold the hair in position to enhance appearance, since some of
the deceased that had been mummified naturally in the desert also had fats
in their hairs
** King Arthur's round table may have been found
Archaeologists searching for King Arthur's round table have found a
"circular feature" beneath the historic King's Knot in Stirling
** Art thefts on the rise across North America
The increased coverage of art theft may be leading to ever more art theft,
because one common feature of many art theft stories is just how easy it is
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** Looking for Leonardo, With Camera in Hand
The complex tale begins in the 1970s, when the Florentine art historian
Maurizio Seracini became convinced that the mural, "The Battle of Anghiari,"
hailed by some in Leonardo's era as his finest work, was lurking behind the
wall-sized Vasari in the Hall of Five Hundred, for centuries the seat of
Florence's government
** Only surviving full-length Vincent Van Gogh portrait turns up in Grimsby
Originally thought to have been a relatively innocuous piece, young
Frenchwoman Jeanne Donnadieu's sitter could well be the great ear-cutter
himself, and a convoluted line of research involving a renamed street and a
hat and book in the picture seems to give the theory credence
** Unesco warning over Libya looting
The UN's cultural body has warned international art dealers and museums to
look out for artefacts that may have been looted from Libya during fighting
** 'Petrified' Tate staff blame new managers
A former employee at the Tate galleries has claimed that staff at the
institution are "going through hell" and that its reputation is on the line,
after The Independent had exposed an alleged culture of bullying implicating
senior managers
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** And you think you knew the 'Mona Lisa'
A French clairvoyant, Madame Albane de Siva, told the Paris-Journal
newspaper that, according to the planets, the thief was a "young man with
thick hair" and that the famous painting had not left the grounds of the
museum
** Yeast's Epic Journey 500 Years Ago Gave Rise to Lager Beer
In the 15th century, when Europeans first began moving people and goods
across the Atlantic, a microscopic stowaway somehow made its way to the
caves and monasteries of Bavaria
** Has Sculpture Become Just Another Pretty Face?
Critics bow to fashion and a legacy of lazy disdain, largely avoiding the
topic - I've done it myself, so I know - and museums only perpetuate the
cycle, offering a steady flow of Botticelli, Monet and Rembrandt
exhibitions, before which we genuflect like medieval pilgrims praying before
sculptured shrines
** Museum Defends the Teen's Debunked Solar Discovery
Sure a million zillion blogs had written up the boy-genius, but isn't it
curious that an institution of knowledge didn't notice the flaws before
awarding him the award and writing up his achievements?
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** Design Museum adds red phone box to collection
The phone box, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, remains a familiar sight
on UK streets and celebrates its 75th anniversary this year
** World's First Pathology Museum Threatened with Closure
The Berlin Medical Historical Museum at Charité Hospital has to be the
creepiest part of the city's rich cultural landscape and according to
Director Thomas Schnalke, visitors have even fainted at the sight of some
exhibits, falling down and "hitting their heads against the building's stone
floor."
** Museum Employee jailed for faking Army career
A military historian from Reading who faked an illustrious Army career has
been jailed for three years after a court heard he suffered a disorder
preventing him telling fact from fiction
** Search for War of 1812 shipyard
Vermont's Lake Champlain Maritime Museum is going to be searching for the
location of the shipyard used to build U.S. Navy vessels used to repel a
British attack on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812
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** Neanderthal sex boosted immunity in modern humans
Mating with Neanderthals and another ancient group called Denisovans
introduced genes that help us cope with viruses to this day
** Bulgaria museum enshrines Soviet era
Pulled out of cellars and warehouses, more than 100 artworks will be put on
display in the museum that opens next month in a Sofia suburb, and will
showcase a period of Bulgaria's history when art had to be created in line
with strict ideological rules
** Garbage Museum Swept into History's Dustbin
Over the past month museum personnel sent out applications to several
different types of organizations soliciting funds, but none have been
returned
** Rhino Horns Put Europe's Museums on Thieves' Must-Visit List
Never mind that their target, a large rhinoceros horn, was still attached to
its owner, which had been standing blamelessly in the museum since 1907. See
also - Fooling the thieves lured by riches
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** Skinny 'Shrew' Is Oldest True Mammal
The new fossil, discovered in what is now Liaoning Province in China, is the
oldest evidence of the divergence of these "true" or placental mammals from
their marsupial counterparts, and indicates the mammalian lineage was
evolving faster than expected during the Jurassic Period
** Brides-to-be Submit 15,000 Plus Origami Cranes for Free Wedding
Competition
Brides-to-be were recently challenged to make origami cranes for a chance at
a free wedding at the Crow Collection of Asian Art in the Arts District
** Bringing archaeology to life - New ways to reach the public
Conference in Borger, the Netherlands - 4th - 7th October 2011
** Participative Strategies in Capturing the Changing Urban World
CAMOC - COMCOL - ICOM/Europe Joint Conference 2011, Berlin, Germany
** InOMN
International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) will take place on October 8,
2011! Last year's InOMN included over 500 events in over 50 countries and we
hope to make this year's even bigger.
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