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week's edition include:
** Iraq museum artefacts are coming back
The blue Kia minivan rolled through the guarded gates of the National Museum
of Antiquities early yesterday afternoon, loaded with a precious cargo of
metals and minerals.
** Tracking Iraqi art thieves is wrong job for FBI
Of course, the embarrassed administration has good political reasons to make
a show of concern
** Sick Rumours $ting Chinatown
Visitors also have dropped off sharply at the Museum of Chinese in the
Americas on Mulberry Street, said education director Stephanie Hsu
** Excavation at Padang opens doors to ancient city
The team of eight, including staff from the Singapore History Museum and
volunteers, made substantial finds after digging down just 80 cm
** State artifacts head for Japan
The State museum at Lucknow has also sent two Buddhist artifacts for display
at the exhibition
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** Digger enlisted on wooden leg
As a locomotive engine driver taking supplies to the front, the tall, dark
man his mates dubbed "the Shadow" managed to keep marching to a minimum
** TV employee charged with smuggling Iraqi art
The first criminal charge for bringing objects allegedly looted from Baghdad
into the United States has been filed against a television network employee
** Whistler, Women, and Fashion
The Frick Collection will present Whistler, Women, and Fashion-the first
in-depth exploration of the artist's lifelong involvement in fashion.
** Feature Exhibition: Magic, the Science of Illusion
This interactive experience in Magic gives visitors the opportunity to enjoy
making magic of their own while discovering the art and science behind
illusions that defy the laws of nature
** Looters return objects to museum
Baghdad residents returned 20 looted pieces from Iraq's ransacked national
collection holding some of the earliest artefacts of civilisation
** 42 Iraqi paintings seized in Jordan
Jordanian customs officials have seized 42 paintings believed to have been
looted from Iraq's national museum, government officials said
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** Damage Done: Who's to Blame for Looting of Iraq's Treasures?
Resentment escalated when Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld suggested last
week at a news conference that the reports of looting around the city were
exaggerated
** 500-Year-Old Carpet Showcases Exhibit
Washington museums are marking the event with exhibits of rare carpets,
including one at a Smithsonian gallery that is 500 years old and may be from
Afghanistan
** Egyptian Museum Displays Iraq Antiquities
Horrified at the looting of Iraqi antiquities in Baghdad, an Egyptian museum
has assembled a special show to give the world an idea of the treasures that
have been plundered in the chaos of postwar Iraq
** Israeli caves yield ancient coins
Israeli archaeologists have discovered coins they believe date back to a
failed second-century Jewish rebellion against Roman rule
** China executes 3 for plundering tombs
A court in northeastern China this week executed three men for plundering
tombs dating back up to 2,000 years, court official said on Friday.
** Art Institute of Chicago Gets Donation
When his art collection got too big for the walls of his downtown home, Dr.
Martin L. Gecht decided the Art Institute of Chicago should have some of it
** Minister bans export of diaries
Arts minister Baroness Blackstone has placed an export ban on diaries
written by the man credited with discovering the ruins of Babylon in
modern-day Iraq
** Voting helps open vaults
What do a dress worn by Sarah Jessica Parker on Sex and the City, a gold
nugget, a fossilised squid and a giant anteater have in common?
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** Colossal Squid Goes On Display At Te Papa
** West by Southwest
** A Conversation with Sarah Jones
** The Third Data upload to the searchable database, Collections Online
** AMIA Establishes the Maryann Gomes Award
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