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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:
** Museum security guard paints his way onto prize shortlist
A self-taught artist who makes a living as a museum security guard has been
shortlisted for Britain's most prestigious portrait award
** Ancient Peru Torture Deaths: Sacrifices or War Crimes?
Forensic anthropologist John Verano of Tulane University in New Orleans has
been investigating a series of grisly executions in the arid valleys of
lowland Peru
** "Tome Raider" gets four years for rare books theft
A British man was jailed today for systematically plundering more than one
million pounds worth of rare books, some dating back four centuries, from
his country's leading libraries
** 'Miracle' of 2nd century bowl saved from Taliban
One of the lost treasures of the Kabul museum, a 2nd century AD stone wine
bowl carved with Bacchanalian scenes of naked women & satyrs
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** A Museum That's Married To the Mob?
The mobsters who brought this city to life may soon be called upon to help
save its sad old downtown
** Thousands line up for reopening of Museum of Rome after 15-year
renovation
The Museum of Rome, housed in the magnificent Palazzo Braschi, reopened to
the public this weekend after a 15-year renovation
** Sleuths recover art looted by Hitler's troops
For 50 years Bernard Goodman, a London travel agent, scoured Europe for
hundreds of artworks the Nazis had looted from his wealthy family
** Museum faces funding crisis
The museum houses 500,000 archaeological artifacts from Native American
cultures
** Museum Showcases American Antiques
The National Gallery of Art has borrowed 300 rare American antiques for the
summer, including six matching tankards made by silversmith Paul Revere
** Explorer who found Titanic will search for John F. Kennedy's PT-109
Robert Ballard plans to use remote cameras to find for the 80-foot,
wooden-hulled patrol torpedo boat
** Iraqis demand return of their looted treasure
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the seven wonders of the ancient
world, have been reduced to mounds of bare earth, ringed by scattered palm
trees
** Scaly monsters scaled back in reptilian review
The biggest goanna that ever lived - the seven-metre, one-tonne super
predator Megalania - has been drastically shrunk, in both bulk and savagery
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** Museum links tobacco, salt past and present in curious harmony
Staff at the museum admit that the topic of tobacco is a turn-off for many
in an increasingly antismoking age, but they emphasize that the museum has a
lot to offer, even for nonsmokers
** Explorer Creating Deep-Sea Network
Officials at Mystic Aquarium, which has just completed a $52 million
expansion and has heavily promoted its ties to Ballard, said they were
excited about the addition
** Visitors flock to free museums
Attendance at museums and galleries in the UK has risen by 75% since
entrance fees were scrapped
** Restorers to use modern lasers to clean ancient marbles
Experts hoping to restore some of the Acropolis' ancient glory have decided
to use modern laser techniques to clean away pollution from the 2,500
year-old Parthenon marbles
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** Agent's secrets
An exhibit shows how Virginia Hall went from Roland Park to 'the most
dangerous Allied agent in all of Occupied France.'
** Seized Moskvich Cars Returned
Bankrupt Moscow carmaker Moskvich has managed to preserve its only remaining
treasure - the priceless collection of historical cars seized from its
museum
** British Museum to cut jobs to save money
The British Museum announced that it will reduce its staff by 150 positions
over the next two years to handle an expected budget deficit of 5 million
pounds
** Biggest Collection of Addis Treasure Under Threat
A crisis is looming over the future of the world's largest and most
important collection of Ethiopian cultural heritage and treasures
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** Past Presents - looking into the art collection
** International Museums Day 2002
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