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The international headlines (FOR THE FULL STORY VISIT THE WEBZINE at this
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week's edition include:
** Nazi painting in London's Maritime Museum looted by British
The photograph of Mürwik's ceremonial hall dates from March 1945, and was
taken as part of a set of images to document the academy, in case the
building and its contents were damaged or destroyed in the fighting
** 13th century text hides words of Archimedes
Underneath it all, however, is an exceptional treasure - the oldest
surviving copy of works by the ancient Greek mathematician and engineer
Archimedes of Syracuse, who lived in the 3rd century BC
** Sydney artist anxious to see damaged works
A Sydney artist says he is anxious to determine the extent of damages to his
paintings caused by the collapse of a small part of the National Museum`s
roof
** Smashed ancient statues give clues for solving riddle of Greek desert
island
The barren islet was of major importance to the mysterious Cycladic people,
a sophisticated pre-Greek civilization with no written language that
flourished 4,500 years ago and produced strikingly modern-looking artwork
** Transit van excavated as a relic
British archaeologists have found a new relic of the past to dismantle - a
1991 Ford Transit van
** Massive statue of Ukrainian poet stolen
It may have taken up to two weeks for anyone to notice but police are
investigating the theft of a massive bronze statue of a Ukrainian poet from
a Toronto park. Stolen sculpture's head found at Ontario smelter
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** Museum gives party to 'storm children'
Hundreds of kids, some who evacuated to Baton Rouge for Hurricane Katrina,
braved threatening skies Saturday to welcome 2007 at the Children's Museum
in New Orleans
** Queen to visit Jamestown in May
In May, England's Queen Elizabeth II will return a favour, heading to
Virginia to recognize the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown,
America's first permanent English settlement
** The Art World's Ultimate Wheeler-Dealer
It is said he was struck in the head by a small bronze sculpture by Maillol
that he kept in his car
** How to break a Grayson Perry pot (without losing the plot)
Over the years, Funerary Urn survived three house moves, a multitude of
drunken parties and one car crash
** Untangling the Mystery of the Inca
The ancient Andean empire built great cities but left no written records -
except perhaps in mysterious knotted strings called khipu
** Tuscan church reveals answer to mystery of Medici deaths
Picking through centuries-old rubbish, masonry and discarded body parts
beneath an abandoned Tuscan church, an Italian historian believes she has
solved one of history's great crime mysteries
** Police seize suspected fake Goya painting
Spanish police have seized a painting they suspect was falsely attributed to
Goya before it was put up for auction
** Love-struck student puts proposal on exhibit at Florida museum
When J. D. Fuller decided to exhibit his love for Lucy Nichols, he chose the
Museum of Arts and Sciences
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** Help! we're not the Kelvingrove Museum
So Alan set up his computer by the phone, logged on to the gallery's website
and dealt with all the inquiries
** China claims Genghis Khan as its own
Perhaps the strangest transformation ever undergone by the Mongolian
military genius has come in modern times - his reinvention as a Chinese hero
** U.S. museum to bid for historic giant seaplanes
As a deadline approaches tomorrow, a U.S. museum is among the bidders in the
running to purchase the only two giant Martin Mars seaplanes left in the
world
** Honour for bicycle museum founder
A man who used his collection of bicycles to open a museum 10 years ago has
been given an MBE for his services to tourism
** Ex-Getty Curator Says She's Taking Fall
Marion True, former J. Paul Getty Museum curator, says the institution is
letting her take the fall in a looted art case that has resulted in
agreements to return 30 contested antiquities to both Greece and Italy,
according to a published report
** CIMA-SRMA Joint Meeting, May 17-19, 2007 in Colorado Springs, Colorado
** Big?Happy?Heart in Hong Kong
** National Health Awareness Kick-off
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