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week's edition include:
** King of Bling Tomb Sheds Light on Ancient Peru
Packed with treasure in the styles of two ancient orders, the 1,500-year-old
tomb of the Moche Indian "king of bling" is like no other, according to an
archaeologist
** Soup days
Ox tail soup was introduced to England in the 18th century by the French, so
it's perfectly conceivable that Scott was familiar with this popular soup
** Grisly sights at Museum of Human Disease
The curator of the museum, admits the museum is confronting but says it is a
powerful educational tool, allowing the public to see first-hand how
lifestyle choices such as smoking and eating fatty foods can affect the body
** Signs of earliest Scots unearthed
The discovery conjures up a picture of wandering groups of hunters making
their way across dry land where the North Sea is now, after the end of the
Ice Age
** A fishy tale of Christianity in Ancient Rome
While distancing themselves from Jewish food taboos and generally avoiding
meat derived from pagan sacrifices, the early Christians are normally
hypothesised to have eaten the same food as their non-Christian Roman
contemporaries
** Phallic faux pas
At the same time, the middle of an economic collapse didn't seem quite the
right moment in history to be spending over $300,000 of taxpayers' money on
a stone penis that no one else in the country seemed willing to buy
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** Lincoln artefact sought for analysis
Blood and brain matter from former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln that is on
part of a pillowcase at a Philadelphia museum is being sought for DNA
testing
** Feature Site - The Powerhouse Museum's Curatorial Blog
The Powerhouse Museum has a unique and diverse collection of 385,000 objects
that spans history, science, technology, design, industry, decorative arts,
music, transport, and space exploration
** Natural History Museum Grants : A Display of His Skeleton
Diane Horton had last seen her late husband two days after his death in
2002, so when they were reunited at the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural
History a few weeks ago she asked for a few private minutes with him
** Hearst Castle to return artworks seized by Nazis
For decades, three Italian Renaissance paintings have hung on the walls of
Hearst Castle without betraying their grim history
** Italian art, heritage churches damaged by quake
The Vatican has appealed to art experts around the world for help in
restoring paintings and other treasures damaged by the Italian earthquake
last Monday
** Corcoran Gallery Lays Off 18 Employees
The Corcoran Gallery of Art has announced that it is eliminating 18
positions from the museum and the Corcoran College of Art and Design's
administration but still expects to end the fiscal year with a $3.5 million
deficit
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** Bulgarian Natural Science Museum saves endangered bats
The biologists from the Natural Science Museum are planning to publish a
brochure telling people what to do when they find a bat in their home
** Two people briefly trapped in museum flight simulator
The 22-year-old man and 9-year-old girl were strapped inside and taking a
simulated F-18 Hornet flight when the simulator malfunctioned and prevented
the door from opening
** Inside the Smithsonian Institution's first "virtual museum"
The new Latino Virtual Museum which can be accessed through virtual reality
platform Second Life , consists of hundreds of different exhibits that have
been scanned in as three-dimensional digital replicas for users to explore
** Museum's egg traced to Darwin
Researchers at the museum said Darwin was known to have collected 16 bird
eggs during his 1831-1836 expedition on the HMS Beagle, but all of the
specimens were believed lost until a volunteer discovered one of the eggs in
the museum's Darwin collection
** Holland & Japan: 400 years of trade
The exhibition examines the privileged position Dutch traders enjoyed on the
isolated island of Deshima and the artistic and cultural interchange that
resulted from their commercial contacts
** Farce as history fans restaging battle just say 'bang' to avoid
disturbing hospital
The musketeers' usual burst of gunpowder was replaced by the mock cry in
consideration of hospital patients nearby
** Haunting portraits of a lost China
Her eyes are looking away from the camera, a bride in a costume of heavy
silk and intricate floral work, a young woman whose future is secure but who
knows she can only expect a life of drudgery
** Faberge Museum Due to Open in Baden-Baden
The collector had originally planned to show his treasure trove of Russian
art in the country's capital and now reveals that it will open instead on
May 9 in the German spa town of Baden-Baden
** Museums for Reconciliation and Peace
ICME/2009/Seoul
** Greater Southwest Lithic Technology Workshop
Intensive one-week workshop in lithic technology and lithic analysis at the
Valles Caldera National Preserve
** Preservation techniques and methodologies for digital and audiovisual
records
Workshop on Preservation designed for libraries and museums
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