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The international headlines (FOR THE FULL STORY VISIT THE WEBZINE at this
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week's edition include:
** Skulls confirm we're all out of Africa
An analysis of thousands of skulls shows modern humans originated from a
single point in Africa and finally lays to rest the idea of multiple origins
British scientists say
** Thousands of bees leave KU museum
A swarm of about 3,000 bees left the University of Kansas Natural History
Museum and found a new home on campus
** Museum without originals
The Malaysian Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry has denied a claim by a
senator that Muzium Negara was a third-class museum as it showcases only
photocopied pictures rather than original documents and artefacts
** The ethics of donations
What kind of international records should cultural and educational
institutions demand from their sponsors?
** Building boom revealing London's ancient past
The latest piece of the historical jigsaw is most of the interior decor of a
rich merchant's dining room dating back to 120 AD when the Roman Emperor
Hadrian ruled an Empire stretching from northern England to northern Africa
** In refuge in US, Iraq National Museum director dreams of peace
He says his museum lost 15,000 pieces, 4,000 of which have been recovered,
mainly in Europe and in the United States
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** On track for Wales' own rail museum
Vale of Glamorgan Council officers are poised to sign a crucial agreement
with the York-based National Railway Museum of England which could see the
return to South Wales of an historic steam engine known as Taffy
** Art forger finds Hollywood fame
Masterpieces may have gone for record prices at London auctions this summer,
but since the audacious crimes of Britain's most successful forger, John
Myatt and his accomplice, John Drewe, the suspicion that skilful fraudsters
could still be at work is always lurking.
** Borer destroying museum artefacts
The irreplaceable items, including colonial furniture, rare photographs and
Maori taonga (treasures) have been attacked by the tiny insects, prompting
museum staff and supporters to scramble to save them
** Lin Biao regains his place in army history
Marshal Lin Biao, who was handpicked by Chairman Mao Zedong to succeed him
as China's leader but who died a traitor, has been resurrected as an army
hero in a new exhibition in Beijing's Military Museum
** Museum shows off treasure buried for 1,000 years
A Viking treasure hoard of silver traded and looted from far across Europe
and into Asia and north Africa, and lost for over 1,000 years, has been
revealed again at the British Museum
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** The dream that crashed
Storyeum was fated for the dustbin of history, its door closed after a scant
two years, owing more than $5 million to the taxpayers of Vancouver
** Louisiana Could Get $100M Hurricane Museum
Planners envision exhibits about high-profile storms, explanations of how
hurricanes form and evolve, and interactive exhibits letting visitors test
the physics behind wind action, water movement and erosion
** A Fine View, on the Outside at Least
You're left with the deflating impression that the client and the architect
experienced a failure of nerve at the moment that mattered most
** Japanese soldier found hiding in Software License Agreement
Yozo Hashimoto looked dishevelled and confused as he emerged blinking into
the twenty first century and is now being helped by professional counsellors
to come to terms with all the incredible changes of the modern world
** War museum faces a second offensive
The Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, still reeling from an assault by Royal
Air Force veterans who object to its depiction of their role in the 1945
firebombing of Dresden, has quietly been enduring a barrage from another
quarter
** Technology casts doubt over mummy identities
In June, the mummy long thought to have been King Tuthmosis I was found to
be a young man who died from an arrow wound
** Show focuses on Napoleonic power, polish
The show aims not to just showcase the beautiful things from the rule of
Bonaparte, the military general whose rise to power led him to become
emperor of France from 1804 to 1815, including a period of exile
** An exhibit with excellent Taste
Paintings, lithographs, books, bowls, photographs, ceramics, vases, plates,
serving pots and porcelain drinking sets - all relating to chocolate - will
be showcased
** To Be a Child
** Visiting The Past, Meeting The Limes - An international symposium on
heritage, tourism, planning and design practices
** Plastic surgery as art
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