period and preserved in the Walters Art Museum‚ Baltimore‚ Maryland (Pl. 9). This new technique of the recumbent statues was only limited to the statues of the guardian lions‚ as the statues of the sphinx and the other recumbent animals preserved their old shape. This shape of the lion statues was used later by the Pharaohs of the same dynasty. There are two red granite lions‚ preserved in the British Museum (EA 2)‚
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controversy whether or not artifacts should remain in museums or they should be returned back to their regions of origins. Antiquities are the essential part of their countries where it shows their unique cultural and historical history. If these relics of the ancient world remove from their country of origins then people will no longer to be able to enjoy those artistry. That is why I believed those cultural artifacts should not be remain in museum. Antiquities are the better way to
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attraction - recommendation for winning entry I believe the Sunken Ship Museum - Yangjiang‚ South China should win the competition. It is unique‚ and has a huge commercial potential. This report outlines the key features of the new attraction that we feel should win the competition. It gives reasons why the project was selected and explains why the new attraction should be commercial success. Features 1. Unique. The museum is located underwater. it is the only one of its kind in Asia‚ and one
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Mary Barnes New 243 Alabama Museum of Natural History Lab Being an RHM major‚ my interest in science has always been slim. However‚ after touring the Alabama Museum of Natural History today‚ I am proud to say my interest in Geology and Paleontology have reached a new level. Not only did I find the field trip fun‚ but I also found this experience very interesting and informative. While this was not my first visit to the museum‚ this was my first visit accompanied by a tour guide. I thoroughly
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MUSEUMS AND THEIR VOICES A CONTEMPORARY STUDY OF THE BENIN BRONZES WRITTEN BY Charlotta Dohlvik SUPERVISORS Staffan Lundén and Peter Davis Master’s Dissertation‚ May 2006 International Museum Studies‚ Museion‚ Göteborg University 1 ABSTRACT........................................................................................................................................................... 4 1. BACKGROUND ...........................................................................
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the most famous wax museum‚ with branches all over the world. It has grown to become a major tourist attraction in London‚ displaying waxworks of historical and royal figures‚ as well as others celebrities such as actors‚ pop stars or scientists. Its history begins back in 1777 when Marie Tussaud created her first wax figure‚ Voltaire. However‚ it wasn’t until 1835 when Marie opened a museum in Baker Street. Fifty years later‚ Marie’s grandson moved the location of the museum in the exact same place
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In 1906‚ the Metropolitan Museum of Art excavated 36‚000 objects from its Egyptian collection over to Egypt over the next 30 years to study and to show their people ancient Egyptian artifacts. Ancient artifacts should be used to show a country’s past history‚ opponents may say otherwise. Opponents of collecting ancient artifacts may say it might be disrespectful to collect artifacts that are blessed‚ but then it shouldn’t be ignored‚ because then that would be more disrespectful than it originally
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material is a very topical one‚ with this year seeing a statue of Aphrodite being returned to Sicily by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles‚ the Boston Museum of Fine Arts re-uniting the statue of the “Weary Herakles” to Turkey (see fig 1 below)‚ the Minneapolis Institute of Arts sending back a Greek krater showing a Dionysian procession to Puglia‚ Italy‚ and Berlin’s Pergamon Museum returning the Hattusa Sphinx of Hittite origin to Turkey almost 100 years after German archaeologists had excavated
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of Benin have been controversial and continue to be so. The Places which home the artwork of Benin have and continue to cause controversy. They did not always as they did in the late nineteenth century languish in cramped displays set up by museums around the world‚ or in sitting rooms of private collectors but were originally preserved in Benin’s royal place‚ Benin City. The debate over who should own them is also controversial. They never used
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DESIGN DEPARTMENT INTR405 Islamic Art museum “Graduation project” Presented to : Prof. Dr. Aleya Abd-Al.Hadi Presented by : Wafaa Abdallah Ashour ID : 121419 Project title : Islamic Art museum . Introduction : Islamic Art describes all of the arts
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