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week's edition include:
** In Need, French Museums Turn to Masses, Chapeaux in Hand
The crass term for it is begging, but the French prefer a loftier
description: "participatory financing"
** In Istanbul, A Byzantine-Era Fleet Surfaces Again
Against a backdrop of transit projects under way after years of delay,
timbers from the Byzantine vessels now rest in huge tanks where freshwater
is slowly circulating, leaching the salt from the ancient wood
** Social Lubricant for 10,000 Years
In the December issue of the journal Antiquity, archaeologists describe
evidence of nearly 11,000-year-old beer brewing troughs at a cultic feasting
site in Turkey called Göbekli Tepe
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** Critics' Kids Castigate New National Children's Museum
We got a refund on all 5 tickets, and salvaged the day by driving 3 miles
away to Chuck E Cheese, which seemed like utopia compared to this museum
** The forbidden eating habits of a bunch of 6th century monks
And while some of the monks did indeed only seem to subsist on bread and
water with the occasional fruits and vegetables mixed in, that wasn't
exactly true of all the inhabitants of St. Stephen's
** Aerial Mapping Easter Island
Back in May we processed an interesting data set from Easter Island, Chile
using a DIY drone which was then used by Kim Anh Hoang from the Easter
Island Statue Project to produce a 3D Flyby of Rano Raraku
** Updating Mann's Status From Stuffy to Chatty
As officials prepare to expand the museum next year, they are wrestling with
the question of how to make this Nobel-winning author of weighty tomes
approachable to coming generations weaned on Twitter messages and status
updates.
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** Ancient Arts Center Discovered Under Rome's Piazza Venezia
Eighteen feet below one of Rome's most-trafficked junctions is a 900-seat
arts center dating back to the second-century reign of Emperor Hadrian,
Italian archaeologists have announced
** The Year's 10 Strangest Science Stories
From DNA-devouring worms to M&M-crazed bees, here are some of the strangest
science stories of the year
** 2,750-Year-Old Temple, Rare Artifacts Found in Israel
Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have unearthed a temple
and a cache of sacred vessels dating from around 738 BC during excavations
at the archaeological site of Tel Motza on the western outskirts of
Jerusalem
** Art Insurance Losses from Hurricane Sandy May Reach $500 Million
Two months after Hurricane Sandy caused severe flooding in many Chelsea
galleries, the bill for the art world's recovery is shaping up to be hefty
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** The best UK art exhibitions of 2012
Sarah Lucas's Ordinary Things at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds
jettisoned none of her characteristic double-entendre filth, and her work
celebrated physical imperfections with an unprecedented sculptural finesse
** No official request for Santa Claus' bones, says Turkish minister
The bones of Saint Nicholas were allegedly taken from Turkey by force to be
buried in a church in the Bari province of Italy, according to scholar
Nevzat Çelik, who called on the Vatican to return them to Turkey
** Gandhi Memorial Museum sports a new look
The museum gallery in the main building has 14 original artefacts used by
Mahatma Gandhi and 32 model artefacts, besides the blood stained dhoti worn
by Gandhiji at the time of his assassination
** Seattle's Museum of History and Industry showcases quirky best
The fun side of the city will be represented by the Running of the Rainiers,
from a classic beer commercial, and the preserved remains of Bobo the
Gorilla, the famous resident of Woodland Park Zoo
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** Museum talks on Caravaggio's cameras, Van Gogh's paints and more
Did Caravaggio use optical devices - essentially transforming his studio
into a giant camera obscura - to make his paintings?
** Natural History Museum cameras capture L.A.'s wild kingdom
Southern Californians may feel like they don't need a critter cam to watch
raccoons washing their paws (just ask anyone with a koi pond), but the
cameras have documented our collective backyard in detail
** The Bribery Aisle: How Wal-Mart Got Its Way in Mexico
To keep the town attractive as a tourist destination, they decided to limit
development in the "archaeological zone," a buffer of protected land that
encircles the pyramids
** Mayan Word For 'Apocalypse' Actually Translated More Accurately
Newly revealed Mayan tablets discredit apocalypse theories but seem to
predict a mindless society based on guns, football, and gluttony (satire)
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** Museum President transformed Missouri History Museum but leaves it
facing questions
For the past three months Archibald weathered wearying criticism for other
issues: a soured land deal, his compensation package and nearly 400 unused
vacation days for which he was due a large payout
** Archaeologist claims Jesus was born in another Bethlehem, real site of
Nativity mistaken
According to archaeologist Aviram Oshri with the Israel Antiquities
Authority, Jesus was born in a distant hillside village in northern Israel,
in Bethlehem of the Galilee
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** Hockney, Burne-Jones and Doddy
National Museums Liverpool unveils 2013 exhibition programme
** Italy Preservation Field School - Buildings, Ceramics, Paper, Books and
Art
The summer 2013 field school, the San Gemini Preservation Studies Program,
now in its 14th year
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