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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:
** Pyramid Robot Reveals Another Door
Researchers who spent a year planning the exploration of a shaft in Egypt's
Great Pyramid stumbled on another mystery when they finally took a look
beyond a mysterious door - and found yet another door. HEAR THE AUDIO
** Student Urinates on Museum Painting
Police charged the boy with criminal mischief for urinating on the painting
and assault for hitting the museum worker - with video clip
** Salvaged foyer will usher in giant Art Deco exhibition at the V&A
The foyer recalls the glamour of Hollywood and is one of the finest Art Deco
hotel interiors in the world
** Hieroglyphics Disclose Unknown War
A hurricane last summer began exposing the carvings at a site known as Dos
Pilas, and the story they tell is forcing scholars to rewrite history
** Matisse, Picasso face off in Paris exhibition
Picasso once said of his friend and rival Henri Matisse, "When one of us
dies, there will be things the other will never be able to tell anyone."
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** Magic memorabilia collection to disappear at auction
A few quick words - and poof! Everything in Norman Spencer's collection of
Harry Houdini relics and vaudeville magic will be gone
** Cleopatra's beauty secrets
They are not exactly your Lancome night cream or Armani perfume, but
researchers have found that 4,000 years ago, Egyptian pharaohs and women in
the royal court were using 'very advanced' cosmetics and hair dyes to adorn
themselves
** Civil War Submariners' Teeth Tell Much About the Men
A team of forensic scientists and physical anthropologists working to
recover and identify the remains of the eight crew members are making some
significant advances in their task
** Man 'with frost on his head' lives on roof of 100ft historic building
A man is living on the roof of a 100-ft historic building in a bid to
preserve it
** Art Institute's madonna to go on Christmas stamp
A picture that hangs at the Art Institute of Chicago will be fixed to
millions of holiday cards this year after the U.S. Postal Service turns it
into a Christmas stamp
** Steelworks houses historic ship timbers
The timbers from the ancient boat, which is older than the Tudor ship the
Mary Rose, are to be stored at the Llanwern steelworks outside the city
until preservation work can begin
** Lord Nelson's sword rediscovered in memorabilia sale
It came to light in a collection formed by Alexander Davidson, his close
friend, whose souvenirs are being sold for more than £700,000
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** Al-Qaeda Allegedly Engaging In Telemarketing
In a chilling development, the CIA announced Monday that it has acquired a
videotape showing suspected al-Qaeda operatives engaging in what appears to
be telemarketing
** Paul Stankard: Homage to Nature - A Thirty Year Retrospective
These arrangements of flowers and insects are flameworked and then
encapsulated in two separate pieces of crystal glass
** California Museum Opens Exhibit on Vietnam POWS
She realized she knew a good deal about the adversity POWs faced in
captivity but little about how they had fared afterward
** Bath: 2500 years of history
The young prince noticed that the pigs' scurvy had been cured by the mud, so
he started rolling in it, too
** Amid security, T-rex welcomed to airport
Security concerns prevented Chief Executive and officials from the airport
authority and the Carnegie Museum from using scissors
** The clockwork computer
An ancient piece of clockwork shows the deep roots of modern technology
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** Museums share near-death experiences
The Museum of Funeral Customs lies just beyond the gates of the bucolic Oak
Ridge Cemetery and across the street from a gravestone carving company
** Ballard shares four decades of work
Because Ballard has spent so much time on his expeditions, Ballard's wife,
Barbara, allows him five weeks a year to explore the ocean floor
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** The 6th Annual Dinosaur List Get-together
** Bringing Themes to Life
** Jewish Theological Responses to the Holocaust
** Digital Reality III: Building the Community
** Letter to the Paris "Biennale des Antiquaires" warn of World War II Loot
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** Archives Fair 2002 - October 10, 2002 - 12 - 7pm
** Fourth Conference on Partnership Opportunities for Federally Associated
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