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address http://www.globalmuseum.org ) in this week's edition include:
** Axes in border museum remind President of 'evil'
Where the road to nowhere meets the end of the line at the border of North
and South Korea, the "axis of evil" lives on for President Bush
** Board fires Arts director after he refuses to quit
Farmer objected to the board's discussing his resignation behind closed
doors, however, the board denied discussing the issue in secret
** So whose Sarcophagus was is it anyway?
Did the golden sarcophagus that Germany returned to Egypt last month really
belong to the renegade monotheistic pharaoh Akhenaten
** Man charged with thefts of war relics from museum
Mr. Essigman, whose occupation is listed in court records as an archivist at
the armory, is free on $10,000 cash bail
** Libertylike statue moves from rooftop to museum
Crowds gathered on the street below as the crane lifted the historic statue
from the roof
** Online Museum Showcases Erma Bombeck's Life
Erma Bombeck made people laugh at their foibles, put words to their lives
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** This Weeks Horoscopes
Aquarius: (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Gustav Holst will appear to you in a dream and
refuse to leave until you agree that John Williams has been ripping him off
for years
** Spiral Path May Unlock Mystery of Ancient Mound
Archaeologists working on repairs to Silbury Hill, a mysterious Neolithic
monument in southwest England, have discovered traces of a spiral path
leading to its summit
** 30-Day Search for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker Ends
Four of the six members of this international search team did hear a series
of loud signal taps at 3:30 p.m. on January 27, the eleventh day of the
search
** Seder plate earns South Florida man a spot in Jewish Museum
Instead of bringing a bottle of wine as a present to his dinner hosts,
artist Chaim Rosov would give a piece of his Judaic art
** Painting ransomed for Middle East peace is recovered
The preparatory gouache, painted in 1914, was removed either during or just
after a cocktail party at the museum in June last year
** Hand back the loot
The British troops celebrated their victory by ripping off the dead
emperor's clothes, then looting his city, in particular the treasures of its
churches
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** Virtual showcase could give Venus de Milo her arms back
A new type of museum exhibit case allows visitors to see damaged artefacts
as they might have been when new
** Wealthy scions spar over $4.3M urns
A legal spat has broken out between a British Lord and the daughter of a
Canadian one
** James Bond boats go on show
A collection of boats from the James Bond films is going on show at a motor
museum
** Millions likely set for ROM and AGO
The Royal Ontario Museum and the Art Gallery of Ontario are poised to
receive about $140-million in public money to finance ambitious expansion in
plans announced last year
** Laura Bush marvels at beauty of Forbidden City
US First Lady Laura Bush toured the palace of China's former emperors and
marvelled at the beauty of the "Forbidden City"
** Did Beauty Pageants Really Free The People?
The historical museum Haus der Geschichte in Bonn explored this still
unfinished chapter two years ago in an exhibition boasting 450 eye-catching
exhibits
** Turner Retrospective Provides New Look
Swiss scenery was one of the key motifs fascinating William Turner, the
great British painter and precursor of modern art
** European fossils rewrite human evolution
Fossils of ancient human relatives suggest the beginning of the evolution of
apes and humans occurred in Europe, not Africa
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** 13th Triennial Meeting of the ICOM-CC - Committee for Conservation of
the International Council of Museums - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
** Opening of the new ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center
** Leadership Through Diversity: Building Audiences and Strengthening the
Workforce for Tomorrow's Museums
** Call For Participants Museums, Media, and the Public Understanding of
Research
** The Warship Vasa Threatened by Sulphuric Acid
** Art2Life's interactive timelines brings 100 years of art, people and
events in Canada to life.
** A New Lease on Life for the Humble Neck Tie!
** John Glenn Exhibition
** Carrie Art Collection is pleased to present the virtual exhibit of
Haitian Artist "Serge Jolimeau"
** The Greek Classical Period - Illusion or Reality
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