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** Lay off this fine old lady
The V&A is showing its age, but it's nothing that cosmetics can't fix
** Company Says It Found Deepest Wreck
A deep-sea salvage company claims to have discovered the deepest ancient
shipwreck ever found - a 2,300-year-old Greek trading vessel found nearly
two miles under the surface of the Mediterranean
** 112-Year-Old Post Card to Fly Back to Australia
The card was initially sent to a "Miss Wardrop" in Aberdeen from "Colin" on
Jan. 4, 1889, but arrived in the Scottish city only this week
** H-2 rocket to be preserved in a museum display
The National Space Development Agency will preserve the last H-2 rocket
built by Japan in a museum display showcasing the nation's rocket technology
** Museum worth a portage
The Canadian Canoe Museum, established five years ago, is evolving to
include this cultural legacy that will be ready for visitors March 31
** Argentine Claims World's Biggest Dinosaur Find
An Argentine paleontologist claimed on Thursday to have unearthed remains of
the world's largest dinosaur in the latest find to show the nation's
richness in bones
** Adam Smith Never Punched an Oboist
Scottish economist Adam Smith, renowned father of free trade, never punched
an oboist, and scholars say that now, more than 200 years after his death,
it is unlikely he will ever have the chance
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** Junior prospector seeks pharaohs' gold
Egyptian geologist Sami El-Raghy is scouring sun-drenched hills that once
yielded gold for the pharaohs in hopes of reviving the country's long
dormant gold mines.
** Long shadow of the Nazi art plunderers
Nearly 100 major works in Australia have dubious wartime gaps in their
ownership
** Stolen Washington Letter Recovered
State officials discovered the 1781 letter, which was taken from the
archives sometime between 1938 and 1946, on the Web site of Sotheby's
auction house
** British Aristocrat Puts Price on Washington's Head
A British aristocrat who owns a portrait of former U.S. president George
Washington loaned to the Smithsonian Institute will sell the picture unless
the gallery pays him $20 million
** Terra founder's deeds may not reflect desires
The suit by James D. Terra, executor of his father's estate, adds another
layer of drama to the complicated clash of high art, politics and domestic
infighting that is playing out in prior legal action against the foundation
** A cool discovery, unearthed
Though they knew from historical records that the mansion featured an
icehouse, the archaeologists were surprised to find this primitive freezer
in such good condition.
** Museum hours could be more accommodating
The average American art museum is open to the public 44 hours per week
** Egypt gets protective of its mummy
Egypt has reversed a decision that would have allowed researchers to extract
DNA samples from the mummy of pharaoh Tutankhamen
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** Armada booty sparks war of Ulster councils
More than 400 years after it sank off the Co Antrim coast, a Spanish warship
is at the centre of a heated battle
** Blackbeard dives unearth remains of other lost ships
While discovery of Blackbeard's flagship in Beaufort Inlet is exciting,
archaeologists are now following a trail of artifacts that bring them within
a few hundred yards of Fort Macon State Park
** Museum to auction early 'Mickey' art to cover debt
In what seems a last-ditch effort to save the financially troubled
International Museum of Cartoon Art at Mizner Park, the museum's founders
have decided to auction off its most prized possession
** Ancient Mayan cities looted
It looked like an odd shaped hill in the jungle, covered with thick, lush
vegetation - until I got close enough to see the looters' tunnels
** Online 'cops' open Web fraud museum
Current exhibits at the restricted-access site offer a representative sample
of cyber-scams
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** Museums and the Web 2001 The international conference about museums
on-line
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** The 15th annual Western Archives Institute
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