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Port of Call – Ketchikan, Alaska
Visit Alaska's "First City", starting point for boating through the Inside Passage to Glacier Bay.
• ketchikan
• alaska
• first city
• inside passage
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St. Augustine, First American City
The oldest permanent European settlement in North America was not Jamestown, but rather St. Augustine.
• first city in america
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Looting of Iraq's Past: An Exhibition Preview
The Oriental Institute Museum's exhibition "Catastrophe! The Looting and Destruction of Iraq's Past" describes the plundering of important archaeological sites.
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• iraq national museum
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Shelby White Returns Antiquities
Antiquities collector Shelby White ceded 10 Greek and Etruscan antiquities to the Italian government on January 16, 2008.
• shelby white leon levy collection
• ancient greek etruscan roman art
• artifact restoration repatriation
• the metropolitan museum of art
• new york university
Sotheby's Auction: Guennol Lioness
The "Guennol Lioness" is a Mesopotamian artwork expected to garner between $14 million and $18 million (US) at auction. Why is this miniature sculpture so significant?
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• mesopotamian art history mythology religion
• sotheby's ny auction
• brooklyn museum
• the metropolitan museum of art
MMA's Philippe de Montebello Soon to Retire
Philippe de Montebello, Director of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art for over 30 years, announced his retirement on January 8, 2008.
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• the metropolitan museum of art
• museum of fine arts houston
• the cloisters
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