Our loss is your gain - A server crash meant that last week's Global Museum
stories finished dramatically early! This then is a bonus posting of fresh
news items from around the world
The international headlines (for the full story visit the webzine at this
address http://www.globalmuseum.org ) in bonus edition include:
** Academic armies come to blows in battle of Troy
A new Trojan war only slightly less vicious than the original has broken out
among archaeologists over the size of the fabled city of Homer's Iliad
** Europe's first 'Sex Machines Museum' opens
Prague's city leaders say they would prefer postcard stands for tourist
attractions
** Britain in Talks Over Sunken Treasure Ship
A wreck discovered in the Mediterranean may be that of a British ship loaded
with gold that sank more than 300 years ago on a secret mission
** Painting sells for $5M in Toronto
A painting from the mid-1800s by the noted explorer and artist Paul Kane
sold at auction Monday night for over $5 million
** Prince Charles gives own award to garden bench
He also reclined on the seat at the Victoria and Albert museum in London
after awarding it the Prince's medal
** Dramatic design wins ROM competition
Not everyone will appreciate Libeskind's in-your-face approach to
architecture, but few will be indifferent to it
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** Everything on show with the kitsch in sync
Many of the domes were donated by sister Jan, who worked and travelled with
the former prime minister
** Stomach Bug May Help Track Human Migration
Some scientists who study the bacterium, Helicobacter pylori, say the tiny
bug may help trace the migration of human populations across the globe
** The hunt is on for NI's art patrons
The search is on for the Northern Ireland businesses which have forged the
most creative partnerships with the arts
** Tribute wall unveiled to Beatle George
Directors of the Liverpool attraction commissioned the wall in response to
the requests of visitors
** Leading UK attractions suffer visitor downturn
A combination of the foot-and-mouth outbreak and the events of September 11
affected leading tourist sites including the Tower of London, Stonehenge and
Westminster Abbey
** British Artist Defends Elephants
Three of the elephants at the Whipsnade park - Mya, Layang-Layang and
Dilberta - lived until recently at the London Zoo and have supplied Ofili
with dung for a decade
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** Hungary torture museum creates row
The opening of a so-called "House of Terror" museum in Hungary has angered
historians and politicians who say it has been timed to coincide with
upcoming elections
** City nixes attempt to bring former Russian sub to Portland waterfront
Robert Webb, former curator of the Maine Maritime Museum, said the
Julliet-class submarine was of dubious historical value because it was
lengthened and reconstructed to become a movie prop
** Plans for interactive hospital museum
Ambitious plans to turn a Victorian hospital building in Cardiff into a
hands-on medical attraction have been unveiled
** A Roll In History
The museum is a casual, two- room, self-guided walk through more than 100
years of cigar-making
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** When the gods come down to earth
Shiiba is a sparsely populated village, encircled by peaks and steeped in
history and legend
** Enron ethics manual to be enshrined at Smithsonian
Enron has turned into a museum quality scandal - the Smithsonian Institution
is collecting its memorabilia, including its code of ethics
** This Week's Horoscopes
Virgo: (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Though you believe otherwise, it is not healthy to
prefer the novels of Henry James to actual human contact.
** Officials sold museum lots for own gain
More than 1,000 pieces of the museum's collection could not be accounted for
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** Treasuring Our Natural Heritage
** WA Museum Announces Launch of Ancient Egyptian Study Centre with a
Lecture by a Mummy Expert
** Museums and the Web 2002 April 17-20, 2002
** Tracking the Dragon
** Ancient Studies; New Technology II: The World Wide Web and Scholarship
in Ancient, Byzantine, and Medieval Studies
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