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week's edition include:
** Saints preserved, Joan's bones under microscope
Skin and bone believed to belong to Joan of Arc, France's maiden warrior
burnt at the stake by the English, will be tested to establish their
authenticity and discover more about her life
** New view of Mr Boudica
For centuries, he has remained in the shadow of his famous wife, the warrior
Queen of East Anglia's Iceni tribe
** Staff member's discovery has diners lick lips expectantly
Norio Kikuchi, the researcher at the coastal branch of the Chiba Natural
History Museum and Institute who discovered the nori, said such a large
colony was a rare find
** Queen invited to perform opening of new Kelvingrove Delight
Glasgow City Council bosses have written to her private office asking if she
would perform the opening of the stunning museum, which has been closed for
almost three years
** Austrian museum to return Schiele picture looted during Nazi era to
owner
The picture, Hafen von Triest (Trieste Harbour) is the sixth work by a famed
Austrian artist to be returned in recent weeks under restitution laws
mandating such action for art looted by the Nazis from predominantly Jewish
owners
** Exhibition tells tales of seafaring heroes
The proud granddaughter of one of Britain's bravest explorers has opened a
Westcountry exhibition which celebrates his superhuman feats and those of
other seafaring heroes
** NW province building museums along Silk Road
The large amount of cultural relics along the Silk Road triggered the idea
of building a series of theme museums which include an ancient animal fossil
museum, glazed pottery museum, Dunhuang art exhibition centre and Lanzhou
earthquake museum
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** Centuries of Islamic art depict prophet
In the furore that has erupted since the publication of controversial Danish
cartoons of Muhammad, many claims have circulated in the media about Islam's
prohibitions about artistic depictions of the prophet, or any human figures
** King Tut slain by sword in the knee
Researchers from Italy's Bolzano University say they believe Egyptian
Pharaoh Tutankhamen died from an infection caused by a sword cut
** Museum on cemetery site angers Israel's Muslims
A mission statement said the museum will focus on "issues of human dignity
and responsibility and seek to promote unity and respect among Jews and
between people of all faiths."
** Fort Lauderdale museum sued over disabled access to Tut exhibit
During a visit to the exhibit, they were unable to read overhead descriptive
signs and found the museum's restrooms, parking and access aisles to be
inaccessible, according to the complaint
** How do you fix a smashed antique vase?
Collecting the pieces took more than two days - filling 25 trays with
fragments ranging from big chunks to tiny shards, which had been strewn
around the stairs and further damaged by first-aiders going to help the
fallen Mr Flynn
** High demand as Hitler's gun auctioned online
League officials have said they would prefer the gun be donated to a museum
where it could be safeguarded and not potentially wind up in the hands of a
Hitler admirer
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** David Copperfield Makes the Moon Disappear, NSA Places Him in Custody
It's one thing to fool the people on the planet by making the moon seem to
disappear but how could he fool the Hubble telescope as well?
** Fossil key to prehistoric mammal mystery
One of Australia's leading scientists believes a fossil find in north-west
Tasmania could hold the answer to what wiped out the last of the giant
prehistoric mammals throughout the world
** J. Paul Getty Trust president resigns
The president of the trust which runs the prestigious Getty Museum resigned
in the wake of a scandal over the museum acquiring allegedly looted Italian
artefacts, the trust announced
** Nuremberg transcripts given to Holocaust museum
A collection of Nuremberg trial transcripts, described as having once been
owned by a former chief justice of the United States, has been donated to
the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Centre in Skokie
** Famed evolutionary scientist's favourite collection on display at
British museum
The Natural History Museum in Britain said Friday it had acquired a historic
collection of 150-year-old insects discovered in an attic
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** Egypt opens new tomb found in Valley of Kings
Through a partially opened underground door, Egyptian authorities gave a
peek Friday into the first tomb uncovered in the Valley of the Kings since
King Tut's in 1922
** IU Summer Field School in Archaeology
** Interpretive Workshop - The National Museum of Civil War Medicine
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