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The international headlines this week (for the full story visit the webzine)
include:
** Louvre Is Emptied by Bomb Threat
Between 3,000 and 4,000 visitors were forced to leave the museum after a
suspicious telephone call
** The Crafted Image: Nineteenth-Century Techniques in Contemporary
Photography
Our exhibit of the week. The Boston University Art Gallery
** Erotic gold ring excites archaeologists
An erotically-decorated Anglo Saxon gold disc unearthed in a field could be
one of the most exciting archaeological finds in years
** Mowlam triggers museum fee confusion
Mo Mowlam has apparently contradicted senior sources in Downing Street and
Whitehall over the question of free entry to art galleries and museums
** Yemen History Rich but Unstudied
The treasures of Yemen's national museum are bathed in ruby, sapphire and
emerald light shining through the building's stained-glass windows
** Web Site of interest - Calling Dr.Des
'Dr. Des'., the recently retired Director of the Australian Museum goes
online with a consultancy and topical site that articulates his views and
personal choice of museum items..
** Fossilised forest found
A 300- million-year-old petrified forest dating from a time when much of
Britain was swampland has been discovered at an opencast coal mining site in
Wales
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** Scientists Enter Confederate Sub
Reaching through a hole in the ballast tank, scientists began cleaning silt
out of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley on Tuesday- the first step
toward exploring the vessel and removing the remains of its nine-man crew
** Smithsonian Clocks 31M Visitors
The Smithsonian Institution's museums registered a record-breaking 31.1
million visits in 2000 - a 9 percent increase over 1999, when 28.6 million
people visited
** Museum seeks funds for Victoria's favourite carriage
The National Railway Museum is appealing for funds to preserve the last
surviving royal carriage used by Queen Victoria
** Stolen Greek Artifacts Returned
Nearly 275 ancient artifacts were returned to Greece on Monday more than a
decade after being stolen in one of the country's largest museum robberies
** Ottawa wants museum in Trudeau's home
Heritage Canada has approached the Trudeau family for permission to purchase
the impressive home and turn it into a monument to the former Liberal leader
** 'Planet' Pluto demoted to 'rock'
Museum bosses say their decision is backed by astronomers who claim Pluto is
too small to be a real planet
** Rhodes portrait stolen
An antique portrait of Cecil John Rhodes was among valuable museum pieces
stolen from the Kimberley Club at the weekend
** Viking colonies, Vatican maps and `bucketload of salt'
Thor Heyerdahl, the famed Norwegian anthropologist and explorer, says vast
stretches of what is now eastern Canada and the northeastern U.S. were
colonized by Vikings centuries before the arrival of Christopher Columbus
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** Thieves plunder libraries for profit
Until the FBI called to return the stolen book, the Romeo Public Library
didn't even know it had been robbed
** This Week's Horoscopes
Leo: (July 23--Aug. 22) Your belief that laughter is the best medicine will
be altered forever when you discover penicillin.
** Fakes used to fight art theft
Traditional foes, Italy's art police and the country's master forgers have
joined forces to fight art theft
** Abu Dhabi fossils dated to Late Miocene Age
Fossils discovered in Abu Dhabi's Jebel Al Dhana region between 1990 and
1995 have been determined to be five to 23 million years old, putting them
in the Late Miocene Age
** Vietnam Museum Dedicated to a Culture Lost in Time
The museum, built by France in 1915, houses 300 sandstone and terra cotta
objects from the Champa empire, which flourished in central Vietnam for more
than 1,000 years before it was defeated in the 15th century by northern
Vietnamese
** YEAR OF THE WHITE SNAKE Chinese New Year commences January 24th and
GLOBAL MUSEUM includes a special section on this major event in the Chinese
calendar. What special customs are observed? Snake personalities? New Year
greetings.
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** The Brisbane Naval Stores
** Preservation Options in a Digital World: To Film or To Scan
** Archaeologies Past and Present at Columbia University
** Face The Ultimate Survivor
** THE TOOTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH!
** On-Line conference 27-28 February, 2001.
** Fifth Annual Copyright Town Meeting
** Non-Destructive Mound and Earthwork Research in the 21st Century
** The Virtual Reference Desk(SM) 3rd Annual Digital Reference Conference
** Orphans of the Storm II: Documenting the 20th Century
** "Frameworks for Success: Business Planning and Financial Management"
** Mildura Palimpsest #4
** BILLOWN NEOLITHIC LANDSCAPE PROJECT
** 6th International Wildlife Law Conference
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