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The international headlines in this week's (for the full story visit the
webzine) edition include:
** Taliban Opens Kabul Museum
Taliban soldiers unlocked the bullet-scarred doors of the Kabul Museum on
Thursday, opening the war-ravaged building for the first time since
Afghanistan's hard-line rulers ordered all pre-Islamic statues destroyed
** Remains Excavated From Historic Confederate Sub
Digging by hand through sludgy sediment that filled the 43-foot vessel,
archeologists this week uncovered several ribs and vertebrae from one of
nine crewmen believed to be entombed in the submarine
** Egyptian Oasis Yields 11 Mummies
Archaeologists have found 11 mummies in Egypt's Western Desert, including
one of a child entombed with his parents and wearing a mask that shows him
in tears
** Turkey baffled by stream of doubtful smuggled Picassos
Eight paintings attributed to Picasso have been recovered by the Turkish
authorities in the past year
** Virtualmuseum.ca links all Canadian museums
With a $75-million investment from the federal government and a number of
corporate sponsors, the elaborate site combines the exhibitions, galleries,
archives, calendar events, stories and photographs from 600 museums across
the country into one site
** Blair rejects Elgin Marbles demands
Blair says that the marbles belong to the British Museum, despite a pledge
by the Labour Party to return them when they were in opposition
** Foot-and-mouth crisis affects the arts
The news comes in the wake of concerns that rural museums could face ruin if
the outbreak worsens
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** New berth for the best maritime art
London, almost bursting at the seams with art galleries, is to have another
** Siren Cleopatra twice the girl we thought she was
Mysterious Cleo: Was she like screen goddess Elizabeth Taylor or was she
short and fat with bad teeth?
** Fresh plea on `missing' artifacts admitted
The Delhi High Court has accepted for hearing a fresh petition by the
National Archives and Museums Employees Union seeking a probe into the
alleged replacement of certain valuable artifacts in the National Museum
with fake ones
** Museum for Maria Callas's effects
The relics to be housed in the museum also include a pair of gloves she wore
during performances, the wig she donned when playing Luigi Cherubini's Medea
and a chinchilla-lined coat she loved
** Tutankhamun clothing at Royal Museum
In short, the tomb contained the richest single collection of clothing to
come out of ancient Egypt
** Paul Robeson exhibition set for Welsh national museum
The legendary actor, singer, writer and civil activist developed a special
bond with Wales and its people
** New Orleans sculpture collection to get higher profile
Three decades ago Sydney Besthoff, a drugstore chain owner, began filling
his downtown office building with contemporary sculpture.
** Marble 'grown' to save statues
Scientists have discovered a revolutionary technique that allows them to
grow marble in days from bacteria
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** Everything In Entire World Now Collectible
As collector mania spreads, even items like floor polish, paper plates, and
rubber bands are becoming prohibitively expensive for many Americans
** The Vucedol Orion and the Oldest European Calendar
The right bank of the Danube River in eastern Croatia was settled by members
of the Vucedol Culture at the beginning of the third millennium BC.
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** Viking supper-men
The Viking invaders who ravaged Scotland over a thousand years ago were
responsible for rape, pillage - and the fish supper
** Flat-faced man joins the human family tree
A completely new breed of early human, dubbed Flat-Faced Man, has been
discovered
** Lock of Mary's hair set to sell for £300
It went missing for over two centuries before a chance discovery in the late
19th century
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** Call For Artists / Public Art Programme
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