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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 pays rent in strawberries
In the past, the association has given the council strawberry jam,
chocolate-covered strawberries and strawberry bread
** Smoking Gun Surfaces in Washington Spy Scandal
As one might expect from a group of people involved with a spy museum, the
price for the letter and all their other acquisitions is hush-hush
** Iraq May Return Kuwait Archives
Kuwait maintains that Iraq took archives from the foreign ministry, the
prime minister's office and other government departments, as well as
military hardware and valuable museum pieces
** Data on six million-year-old fossils
They include fossil bones of early ancestors of the elephant, hippopotamus,
horse, crocodile and other animals
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** The 'Monte Carlo of North America'
Famed for its unbelievably rich deposits of silver-lead ore, thousands of
men soon filled the small valley almost to bursting
** Ancient Art Market Facing Changes
A lot has changed in the 15 years since a trove of ancient treasures
disappeared from a southern Egyptian warehouse
** Te Papa curator case for rehearing
In the course of the hearing she unleashed a raft of damning allegations
against the museum and its then chief executive - claiming staff were scared
of Dame Cheryll
** Gallery a material girl, at a mere $6.5m
At first, cynics might see the idea of spending $6.5 million on a collection
of Asian textiles as money for old rope (well, fabric).
** Britain's human history grows by 200,000 years
The discovery of a flint hand axe by an amateur archaeologist is helping to
rewrite the history of the existence of early man in Britain
** Famous "Black Square" painting unveiled at Hermitage
"Black Square," painted in 1913, was to have been the centrepiece of a
planned auction of the bankrupt Inkombank's assets
** Webby Award Winner - Devices of Wonder
We congratulate the Getty on their well deserved win. A cleverly designed
site and one of the most engaging online exhibits we've seen, especially
the FLASH version.
** Spanish scientists find bacteria with a taste for caveman art
Scientists studying a speck of pigment from a 16,000-year-old cave painting
found mysterious bacteria they suspect may be nibbling on the Sistine Chapel
of Palaeolithic art
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** Archaeologists Discover Ancient Tomb
Archaeologists have discovered what may be the oldest intact sarcophagus
ever found, belonging to an overseer of workers who built the pyramids
** Feature Exhibition: Splendid Isolation: Art of Easter Island
One of the most remote inhabited places on earth, this enigmatic island is
home to the Rapa Nui, a Polynesian people who developed a unique series of
artistic traditions
** Lottery Fund backs urgent action to update the nation's museums
The parlous state of British museums is underlined today by a new report
that calls for a big modernisation programme to save them
** Arabia's richness revealed
The Queen of Sheba exhibition at the British Museum is a fascinating look at
a little-known but rich ancient culture
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** Minn. Told to Return Civil War Flag
The U.S. Army says a blood-soaked, bullet-pierced Confederate flag that
Minnesota captured from Virginia 140 years ago belongs to the federal
government
** Is this the greatest emperor in history?
Ask around in Beijing about the key figures in Chinese history and it won't
be long before you hear the name of the Qianlong Emperor
** Obese Passengers Demand Right To Eat Person In Next Seat
Southwest spokesperson Arlene Dieter, however, insisted that eating
passengers was not an accommodation
** Museum shows off tooth implant that picks up sounds
A tooth implant that receives digital signals from mobile phones is going on
show at the Science Museum
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** Magnificent Moa Discovery
** Conference Invitation - UMAC
** Archaeology Ceramic Study
** The annual Museum Shops Association of Australia Conference
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** "Gee. how glamorous" - Andy Warhol: Stardom and Theatricality
** Summer Day Camps for four and five year olds at the Canada Agriculture
Museum
** A Challenging Opportunity for Certified Archivists
** My Favourite Monkey
** ASU Art Museum's 3rd Annual Family Day Event
** Andrea Marcovicci - In Conversation and Song
** A SPORTING CHANCE - Extra time for England's historic sports venues
** Center for Jewish History awards major commission to Pittsburgh artist
Diane Samuels
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