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week's edition include:
** Contest to name museum's mummified dog dubs him "Stuckie"
Directors of a tiny museum in south Georgia chose from hundreds of contest
entries to pick the name "Stuckie" for a mummified coon hound
** High adventure in the tombs of antiquity
In fairness to Belzoni, scientific archaeology did not exist in the early
19th century, but his vigorous approach still makes Egyptologists cringe
** NZ farmer 'beat Wright brothers'
As America prepares to celebrate the centenary of the world's 1st flight by
the Wright brothers, there comes a potentially devastating claim from Down
Under:an eccentric New Zealand farmer beat them to it
** Gold items worth 5 million yen snatched from museum
The Toi Kinzan museum is known for keeping the world's biggest gold bullion
in its collection, but the 200-kilogram bullion was left untouched
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** Museum planned at air base
The American Air Force control bunker where the 1980's raids over Libya were
masterminded will open to the public as a new tourist attraction
** Dinosaur hunters find plenty in Alaska
Its head had a boney nasal protuberance that may have supported a horn, and
a prominent frill at the back with two distinct horns
** Singpur Palace Museum in pitiable state
Along with his family came a pet dog named Moti who immediately started
creating nu- ances at the museum
** Museum to mend shattered statue
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is trying to repair a 15th Century
sculpture after it fell to the floor and shattered into pieces
** Four Computer Industry Pioneers To Be Inducted
The Computer History Museum today announced its latest inductees as Fellows
of the Museum
** Museum marries past with future
Now, visitors to the Singapore History Museum can use computers to find out
more about its I Do, I Do exhibition
** New Te Papa head backs fun
Expect no changes to Te Papa's fun-park atmosphere when Seddon Bennington
takes over as the museum's chief executive next year.
** Pharoah treasure found in rubbish
A tiny stone carving discovered on a rural rubbish tip a decade ago and then
tossed in a drawer may be a priceless Egyptian artefact
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** Hitler films found in house move
A pensioner has uncovered forgotten footage of the bombing of London during
World War II and shots of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler during a house move
** Treasure finally goes back to Italy
Sunken gold and silver treasure was finally handed over to the Italian
authorities today - ending a 16-month international row centred on a team of
divers from East Anglia
** Dismay at film museum 'tragedy'
The shock closure of London's leading film museum could deter investors from
putting money into the arts
** Archaeologist rethinks Fraser Island 'cannon' find
A Brisbane archaeologist who thought his discovery of a shipwreck on Fraser
Island would rewrite history has now conceded he is probably wrong
** No joy on fate of conservation course
Staff and students of the University of Canberra's troubled heritage
conservation course fear their fate is sealed, after UC head Roger Dean
refused at a council meeting to reverse his controversial decision to
suspend enrolments for 2003
** Aga Khan's dream of art palace fading
The Aga Khan is set to suffer a humiliating defeat this week in his attempt
to build a palatial museum of Islamic art on the banks of the River Thames.
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** Cow comes in from the cold
The city's Natural History Museum has just taken in the neck bone of a
170,000-year-old giant cow found not far from the institution in
Knightsbridge
** Curators Prepare Bond Exhibition
The second item out of the box on Tuesday was the razor-rimmed bowler hat
thrown with lethal accuracy by henchman Oddjob in "Goldfinger."
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** Heritage Hill Family Day and Artists' "Paint-Off"
** Documenting Labor Inside and Out: Labor History in New York's Capital
District
** Arizona Archaeological Society Public Meeting and Field Trip
** Careers In The Arts Initiative - Mentoring (CAIM)
** International Conference on 'Tourisms and Histories: Representations and
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