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** Award for nude golf? Not to worry, this museum has it
As Australia prepared to host the greatest sporting spectacle on earth,
Sydneysiders were urged to contribute to the exhibition their most treasured
awards
** Perus Inca jewel Damaged by Beer Commercial
A beer commercial shoot that damaged a stone sundial in the famous Inca
ruins of Machu Picchu has drawn harsh criticism from archaeologists and
politicians
** Why is the Mona Lisa Smiling?
A multidisciplinary science driven web-based ThinkQuest project developed by
computer graphics students at high schools in the Bronx and Sweden,
exploring the mystery of the Mona Lisa through scientific inquiry and
presenting original music composed by Leonardo da Vinci.
** Apron Strings Tug At Hearts Of Collectors
Two years ago, musician Trix Kout bought a dresser at an auction and found
some unexpected treasures stuffed in a drawer
** Unveiled, the girl gladiator
Specialists at the Museum of London scrutinised the charred bone fragments
and artefacts buried with them to build up a remarkable picture of the woman
fighter
** Chaucer's 600th Anniversary Celebrated
"A Mirour Polisshed Bryght": Reflections of Chaucer, 1400-2000 draws on The
Huntington's matchless collection of manuscripts and rare printed books by
and about Chaucer
** Rs 2.5 cr equipment from Japan for Indian Museum
The exhibition also has rare artefacts like the dress used by Maharaja
Bhagyachandra, coronation bridal lace once worn by Maharani Dhanamanjuri and
a 7th century copper plate inscription recording the practice of Sakti cult
** Museum a brand of its own
The council of the National Museum of Australia has rejected suggestions
from consultants that it "brand" itself by adopting an Aboriginal or other
name
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** Tourists' dip damages masterpiece
One of the best known works by the Baroque sculptor Bernini, his Triton
fountain in Rome, has been damaged
** Yemeni Temple Could Uncover Queen of Sheba
A Canadian archeologist said on Tuesday that his team was slowly unraveling
the secrets of a 3,000-year-old temple that may have belonged to the Queen
of Sheba
** A Baby Boomer's Nostalgia Trip
Where were you in'69? In rarely seen footage, The Rolling Stones rock out
during this September 1969 perfomance in London's Hyde Park Live Video
** Ape research center slated for Okayama
A natural science museum in the city of Okayama announced Tuesday that it
will build a world-class primate research center in Tamano
** Enigma held to ransom
A ransom letter demanding a "five figure sum" for the return of a machine
which was vital in cracking Second World War German codes has been sent to
the museum it was stolen from
** The original 'rock music'
Many of the Stone Age relics lying in our museums might not simply have been
tools or weapons - they could also have been musical instruments
** Hal returns flag
The The world's oldest surviving Olympic medallist, 103-year-old "Harry''
Hal Haig Prieste, finally came clean yesterday and gave back an Olympic flag
that he stole from the Antwerp Games in 1920
** A long lost pilot cutter returns to Finland
Pitkäpaasi or "Long Ledge", a pilot cutter built more than 100 years ago,
has recently come home to Finland after a 66-year spell away
** Smithsonian Sets Fundraising, Attendance Records
The Smithsonian Institution has raised nearly $200 million in private funds
this fiscal year, setting a record for the 154-year-old institution
** Pop culture artifacts to be auctioned next week
Anyone who's ever dreamed of owning the eyepiece worn by Col. Klink on
"Hogan's Heroes" or the suspenders used to hold up Chester's pants on
"Gunsmoke" is in luck
** Message in a bottle flushes out secret of folk charm to ward off witches
Chemical analysis of a sealed 17th century bottle found in the foundations
of a Surrey house has revealed not a secret Jacobean wine stash but a
revolting folk charm against witches
** Funeral Customs Museum Unearths History Of Dealing With The Dead
It contains the relics of deaths past -- a replica of Abraham Lincoln's
casket, Civil War-era embalming tools and intricately designed mourning
jewelry made from deceased loved ones' hair
** PROGRAM OF THE 2D INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL NAVINKI 2000 IN
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BELARUS
** AFA ANNOUNCES PROGRAM FOR DIRECTORS FORUM 2000
** JOINT OREGON / WASHINGTON HERITAGE CONFERENCE
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