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The international headlines in this week's (for the full story visit the
webzine) edition include:
** Dark Angels of a Bogus Catholic Museum
Exposed in last week's Voice for gross financial irregularities and the
sexual manipulation of several of its powerful patrons
** German WWII Sub Found in Gulf
The wreckage of a sunken World War II German submarine has been discovered
5,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico
** First spy museum to open
Britain's first spy museum is being planned in Cheltenham - home of the
Government's communications centre
** An ancient tale of wine, women and wild parties
Mr. Denis says early man must have thought he was experiencing divinity when
he became intoxicated
** Birds are imitating cell phones
The electronic tweeting of mobile phones is so widespread that some
Australian birds are mimicking the sound as part of their mating and
territorial songs
** Clan chiefs support £3m museum plan
A historic gathering of clan chiefs has backed a controversial plan to
convert their former stronghold into a home and museum
** Jumble sale reject could fetch £33,000
An American woman is celebrating after a painting she couldn't sell for five
dollars at a jumble sale was valued at up to $50,000 dollars
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** Sunken city of Hercules uncovered
From the depths of a lost underwater world, a pharaoh and queen have emerged
to the light of day for the first time in 1200 years
** Women of substance
Sagging bellies, cellulite and fat knees...did Rembrandt know that fat is a
feminist issue?
** Chicago Museum to Return Totem Pole
The Field Museum of Natural History will give one of its most treasured
items, a 27-foot totem pole, to an American Indian tribe that asked for its
return
** In China, sex museum isn't selling
The kiss of death came when the building's management refused to let the
museum hang a marquee or road sign
** Worshippers and exorcists plague Egyptian museum
An Egyptian museum in Swansea says it is being inundated with visitors who
are worshipping mummies and exorcising relics to free trapped spirits
** A pain-free examination of the history of dentistry
A dental museum exhibit allows visitors to brush up on the basics while
offering them entertaining tidbits on the industry's evolution
** Donations boost Duncannon Fort
Captain Kieron Reed from the Curragh Army Camp has just delivered several
brand new military uniforms to the Fort
** Rome's works of art make visitors more erotic
Artistic masterpieces in Rome's churches and museums are leaving visitors
feeling sexy.
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** Chagall painting missing from Manhattan museum
A painting has vanished from a Marc Chagall exhibition in New York's Jewish
Museum
** Life is one shipwreck after another
Since his San Francisco days, Delgado has explored many shipwrecks,
including diving down on the battleship Arizona at Pearl Harbor
** Quantum Slacks
"Scientific law holds that any given piece of clothing becomes less
fashionable over time," Kohl said
** A place in history even for our unsung heroes
In Australia, the facts and even the terminology of national history are the
subject of debate, and that debate continues inside the museum
** Bass still strives to become a masterpiece museum
Then, Camber realized that the new lighting in administrative offices was
far too dim for employees to work
** Exhibitions for Smaller Heritage Organisations
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** Call for 2002 Annual AAM Meeting Proposals
** New takes on Culture and the Arts in New South Wales
** SAA's Encoded Archival Description workshop
** Accessible Practices Workshop
** Anthropology Collection On-line database
** 14th Biennal Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
** Expressions of Interest from Indigenous Heritage Interpreters
** Brisbane City Gallery Collection de-accessioning
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