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Our top international headlines include:
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** Dorothy's ruby slippers fetch $666,000
Dorothy most definitely would have known she was ``not in Kansas anymore,''
not with her shoes selling for more than $500,000
** Brewer to shut down art museum
Mexican brewer and bottler FEMSA said on Wednesday it plans to shut down the
oldest museum in the northern industrial city of Monterrey, which it housed
and sponsored for 22 years.
** Pesticides, Poisons Found on Returned Tribal Artifacts
Many of the tribal artifacts that museums are returning to Native Americans
may be contaminated with pesticides and poisons such as arsenic, according
to a research team from the University of Arizona
** Ancient Shipwreck Reveals a Global Marketplace
Historical documents and accounts of European travelers describe trading
practices of the mid-1700s. The Sadana ship probably sailed between Suez, at
the north end of the Red Sea, and Jiddah, the port of Mecca
** Buried City Shakes Up Archaeological Thinking
An ancient city in Syria discovered by scientists from the University of
Chicago's Oriental Institute shows evidence that the age of cities and
civilization dawned even earlier than previously believed
** Tomb of mummified mayor discovered in Egypt
For 2,500 years, an Egyptian mayor who thought himself the pharaoh's equal,
lay hidden in his grave until a small hole revealed his resting place
** Australian scientist discovers Jurassic Park ducks
An Australian scientist believes he has uncovered evidence that giant killer
ducks prowled the country more than 12 million years ago
** Researchers dust fine art for soot damage
Soot from the atmosphere readily accumulates on paintings, causing images to
darken over time. Because the particles are so tiny, air filters often don't
stop them from invading a gallery or museum
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** Wine and Vine
At Château Maucaillou, however, Philippe Dourthe, a larger-than-life
character, has brought the experience alive with his ten-year-old wine
museum, housed in the atmospheric stone cellars of the old winery, full of
old farm machinery, historic wine-making equipment and several giant
fiberglass models of noses
** Lakeland sheep counting
And now for something completely different....Sheep counting in Celtic ! An
MP3 sound file from Heritage Recording UK. Recorded for Abbot Hall Museum
of Lakeland Life, Cumbria as part of their interpretation in the folklife
section of the museum aimed at the visually impaired . 256K file but worth
the wait
** Nugget survives brush with oblivion
A giant silver nugget weighing 165 kilograms and containing about 56.7
kilograms of the precious metal has been unearthed in Western Australia
** He is 131 and still making history
The Kelantan Museum Corporation will study the background of an old man who
reportedly fought alongside a Kelantan Malay warrior, called Tol Janggut,
against the British colonists.
** Chinese firm approached to acquire horse's head
The Chinese company which bought three looted bronze heads at two auctions
in Hongkong has been approached to acquire a fourth from a Taiwan owner
** Queen Mother turns house into home for the arts
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother yesterday declared the former archive for
births, deaths and marriages records, Somerset House, open to the public for
the first time in its 300-year history
** Rising public subsidy to float the sinking Dome
The Dome's failure is a failure of forecasting. However elaborate the
business plan, it remains obvious that figures for predicted attendance are
nothing more than a guess, as there has never been another venture anything
like it
** As Philippine artworks fall apart it's Spain to the rescue
It is flabbergasting how our cultural heritage is undervalued and even
totally disregarded in this country. A colonial era building is
unscrupulously and routinely torn down to give way to a modernist high-rise.
** Carrick faces the breaker's yard as funds appeal fails
In her prime, she was a greyhound of the seas, slicing the waves from
Britain to Australia in record-breaking time, before becoming Glasgow's most
famous landmark for more than 40 years
** Italy Considers Tax Aid for the Arts
Italy is considering tax breaks for companies that sponsor the arts - a move
that could radically improve the quality of some 3,000 museums
** A Legacy of the Holocaust: Sealed Insurance Lists
The world is realizing that European insurance companies have been holding
on to tens of thousands of unredeemed insurance policies on the lives of
Jews who died when the Nazis ruled Europe. The companies refused to pay
anyone
** Modern motivation: our art's not in it
The lack of government support for the Museum of Contemporary Art reflected
Sydney's disregard for modern art, it was claimed yesterday
** Surveyors may stir ghosts of the deep
Renowned for its unforgiving surf, Victoria's west coast is being
scrutinised by archaeologists keen to uncover its shipwreck heritage
**Transvestite vice fears at Malacca heritage centre
Transvestites here are turning areas in and around the cultural heritage
centre into a vice den, having converted several empty buildings into
brothels.
** Academics at war in Marbles forum
It was almost like the Peloponnesian War all over again when academics
clashed here yesterday on the second day of an international conference over
the return of the Elgin Marbles to Greece
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