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The international headlines (FOR THE FULL STORY VISIT THE WEBZINE at this
address http://www.globalmuseum.org and click on the NEWS button) in this
week's edition include:
** Italian Art Trafficker Duped U.S. Museums
An Italian antiquities trafficker running a thriving business out of
Switzerland duped some of the world's most famous auction houses and museums
with illegally acquired artefacts, authorities say
** Feature Site: ICOM's Disaster Relief web site
This site is now operational and gives and will catalogue Tsunami relief
efforts and needs, on behalf of the international museum community
** Aussies find bronze age canoe
A team from the Australian National University and conservators from the
National Museum of Australia excavated a 2.5m section of the boat last month
at Dong Xa, about 50 kilometres southeast of the capital Hanoi
** Treasure on WA seabed
Sunken treasures could litter the WA coastline, where a French maritime
archaeologist believes up to 2000 historical shipwrecks rest
** New FBI task force to focus on art theft
Most art heists, however, are far more subtle, involving forged documents,
fake prints or smuggled cultural artifacts that slowly make their way into
the hands of private owners or museums
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** Americans caused major damage to historic Babylon: British archaeologist
John Curtis, curator of the British Museum's Ancient Near East department,
said the US-led forces, which have used the old city as a base since
invading Iraq in 2003, had seriously compromised future scientific research
at the site.
** Fingerprints 'nail' museum curator in Buddha theft
Sen, who has worked in the museum since 1992 and is in charge of the
supervision of the Archaeology Long Gallery where the prized possession was
kept, was the first person to raise an alarm "after seeing the bust missing"
from the glass case
** Statue reveals ancient astronomy
A Roman statue of Atlas- the mythical titan who carried the heavens on his
shoulders - holds clues to the long-lost work of the ancient astronomer
Hipparchus, an astronomical historian says
** Switch stops mouldy oldies
A sleeping bag from Mawson's Antarctic expedition, horse drawn cabs and even
Charlene's wedding dress from Neighbours have been moved to a new research
and storage facility in Hobart
** Hockney 'was wrong' over art copying claim
It was the Renaissance artists' skill and not optical gadgetry that made
their paintings look so realistic, new research suggests
** Museums face legal body blow
Aboriginal groups are on the brink of suing some of Britain's great museums
unless they return the remains of ancestors to Australia
** Bar owner to sell Christ on scooped oyster
After the revelation of a grilled sandwich allegedly bearing an image of the
Virgin Mary in Florida last year, a bar manager in Switzerland said he was
ready to sell a Christ-like oyster shell ( Ed: Space in the collection
anyone?! )
** Grub's served
Southland Museum's tuatara have been enjoying plenty of meals over the past
week thanks to Southlanders' foraging talents
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** Fixture of Privacy - featuring another unusual museum
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for the American Sanitary Plumbing Museum in Worcester
** Brooklyn woman pleads guilty to stealing $850,000 from the Whitney
A former employee of the Whitney Museum of American Art, arrested after she
was caught on camera stuffing her purse with museum cash, has pleaded guilty
to a charge of embezzling some $850,000 over the past 2 1/2 years
** Singapore Art Museum opens exhibition showcasing Thai artworks
The exhibition, titled Faith & Being, explores expressions of spirituality,
life and identity by Thai artists
** Dead Dino Discovered!
"It must have been flying fairly fast towards the ground to embed itself so
deep in solid rock," said Professor Bargle, a paleontologist on the dig
** Museum Of The Year Awards announced
The National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks in Dublin was among the
winners when the Museum of the Year Awards for 2004 were announced in
Belfast
** South African military museum raided
South African military police have raided a military museum and arrested its
director and two curators.
** Hunt for Purloined Piggy Bank
The missing pink plastic pig was described as being dressed in a set of blue
suspenders with a red hat and tie
** Here's $1 million, buy Seattle a nude man
An art lover left his hometown about $1 million to buy a new fountain, but
with a stipulation
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** A Night of Sea Otters
** Digits Fugit! Preserving Knowledge into the Future
** Past Modern: The Singh Twins
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