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The international headlines (FOR THE FULL STORY VISIT THE WEBZINE at this
address http://www.globalmuseum.org and click on the NEWS button) in this
week's edition include:
** Gator swallows curator's arm
It is thought to have mistaken Goodman's splashing for that of a duck or
wading bird, its natural prey
** Britain keeps Bligh's coconut cup
The world's most expensive coconut, on which he carved his initials and
wrote, "The cup I eat my miserable allowance out of", had been expected to
fetch up to £50,000
** Manhattan sends sex to the museum
But this time it comes with an inescapable aura of scholarly earnestness, a
decidedly unseedy souvenir shop, and numerous panels of informative and
educational text
** Bug Blast will give families plenty to chew on
Sunday is a day for walks in the park, spending time with loved ones and
eating bugs
** Love of sends Malcom off the deep end
Jewels, priceless treasures and historical artifacts which help reconstruct
world history have been excavated, restored and presented to the public to
scrutinize
** New Website Offers Virtual Museum
The virtual museum is structured around time periods of importance to the
development of the telephone and will show the evolution of the telephone
** Bottled Baby Octopuses Turn Out to Be Pygmies
They noticed rows of small, alcohol-preserved specimens, some of which sat
unstudied for more than 100 years on the back shelves.
** Kelly gang will steal attention
Mr Bracks said a definitive Ned Kelly exhibit that included official
documents, letters, the bushranger's deathmask, gun and armour, reward
posters, clothing, photographs and paintings would "be a major drawcard for
the state".
** Poet Lorca's lost voice is found, says collector
The Argentine has not asked the museum for money, but at the same time
boasts of big offers received from international collectors.
** Historical Museum Has Exhibit on Tsarist Hunt
Occupying six halls of the museum, it documents four centuries- from the
16th to the early 20th - of kingly fox chases, bear hunts, pheasant shoots
and more
** DNA clues to Neanderthals
And there is no evidence to indicate that Neanderthals interbred with modern
humans, something that has always been a bone of contention among experts
** Pickled weasels and elephant foetuses: museum relies on the 'urghh
factor'
The air is lightly perfumed with fishy methylated spirit as rows of exotic
beasts - from an egg-laying hedgehog to an aquatic dinosaur - stretch out in
a line of giant pickle jars
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** Search for the Missing Amazon Meteor
The Araona people wanted $1 million before they would let the NASA
scientists pass through their territory in the remote Bolivian Amazon
** Ancient Shipwreck Treasure Theft In Sicily
Four Germans have been arrested for stealing ancient amphorae from a third
century BC shipwreck off the coast of the southern Italian island of Sicily
** Barnes Foundation Seeks Move to City
Barnes, who disliked Philadelphia's upper crust, set up the foundation to
benefit working-class people
** Holy Sikh Work Older Than Thought
The British Library said its copy of the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy work of
the Sikh faith, is far older than previously thought, making it the most
ancient copy held outside India
** Missile Site to Become Museum
"Popular mythology talks about pushing a button, but it's actually a key,
actually two keys"
** Britain's Tate Gallery Too Broke to Buy Art
Even more galling had been the Tate's failure to raise the funds to buy
Georges Bracques "Atelier V" which had been hanging on its own walls for
four years on loan
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** Great collection returns to Britain
When Walpole, by now the 1st Earl of Orford, died in 1745, he was found to
have debts amounting to more than £40,000
** Secret Birdman writings up for bid
For years, prison officials tried to suppress Stroud's secret writings,
fearing public exposure of his allegations of prison guards' brutality & his
graphic depictions of sex behind bars
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** Arizona Archaeological Council Fall 2002 Meeting
** Journées de la Culture
** The 7th International Wildlife Law Conference
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