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address http://www.globalmuseum.org and click on the NEWS button) in this
week's edition include:
** Scientists debunk mummy's curse
When people associated with British archaeologist Howard Carter's 1922
expedition that unearthed the tomb began to die prematurely, their demise
was widely attributed to the mummy's curse
** Area museum source of Clinton card
Those who get a Christmas card from former president Bill Clinton will get a
piece of Richmond
** Germany Holds Exhibit on Dresden Gallery
The famed Old Masters gallery, like its neighbor the Semper Opera, was
severely damaged in August when flooding by the Elbe River and its
tributaries swamped the city
** Fossil field world class
Ichthyosaur bones as a coat rack? How about fossilised moon rock as a
paperweight?
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** The Casanova of coffee
Maltoni has never regarded his espresso coffee machines as "machines",
preferring to call them "ladies" that have both vintage design beauty and
hidden histories
** Ghost Of Christmas Future Taunts Children With Visions Of PlayStation 5
Bored with scaring elderly misers, the Ghost of Christmas Future is spending
the holiday season taunting modern children
** Review of national museum 'is politically motivated'
The establishment of a review of the National Museum of Australia's
activities has sparked fears that it is the latest salvo in the ideological
war over the embattled institution
** Canaletto discovered in gallery
A painting by the Italian artist Canaletto has been found after being
displayed unrecognised in an Edinburgh art collection for around 150 years
** Lenin's spoils get a U.S. pass
It galls him to see it reproduced in glossy advertisements promoting a show
at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston
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** Sao Paulo opens museum of traffic signs
The museum also has models of old traffic lights from the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s
and 60s
** Te Papa treat for Rings fans
At Te Papa, the tiny costume of Frodo contrasted with a giant cave troll,
and the battle costumes of characters in the second film lined the walls
** First Emperor's Tomb: Numerous Treasures Still Untouched
Built in 38 years by 700,000 laborers, the Mausoleum of Qinshihuang is the
biggest imperial tomb known to Chinese history, on an unprecedented scale
with a wealth of relics found
** Laying Legal Claim to Florida Keys Shipwreck
Treasure hunters who've examined the wreck say their research indicates that
it's the Notre Dame de Deliverance
** Posters go on display at V&A
A unique collection of more than 3,000 propaganda posters, which were peeled
off walls or bought from printers, has been presented to the Victoria and
Albert Museum
** Local inventor beat Wright brothers, Texas townsfolk say
Ezekiel was the brainchild of the Rev. Burrell Cannon, a Baptist minister
and sawmill operator
** Roman ships pulled from mud
The ships sank, probably due to floods, between the second century BC and
the sixth century AD while docked on a long-vanished river tributary
** Biologist studies flying snakes at Field Museum
Look! Up in the sky... It's a bird, it's a plane ... No, it's a snake, a
flying snake
** Experts Rebut Claim of Biblical Bathhouse
An ancient bathhouse unearthed beneath a Nazareth souvenir shop dates back
to Crusader times
** Having sold its art, museum must close
The Himalaya Art Museum will close at the end of December because there is
almost nothing left to display
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