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Insights into Etruscans
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SHANGHAI: A young man was making pencil sketches in front of a
coffin displayed as part of "The World of the Etruscans" exhibition
at the Shanghai Museum.
"The carvings on the coffin are really amazing," said Zhao
Dicheng, a sophomore majoring in advertising at Shanghai University.
"These displays are so exquisite and they have endured over 2,000
years."
Not far away Lu Yijia, a student at Fudan Junior High School, was
making notes in both Chinese and English. "I am fascinated by...
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Insights into Etruscans
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Reconstructing history
China Daily
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Shanghai museum a dazzler Its galleries are grand, its art is sumptuous
The Boston Globe
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Calligraphic collection returned
China Daily
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Impressionist masterpieces on show in Shanghai, XINHUA
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Two Chinese museums examine a priceless past
International Herald Tribune
; 00-00-0000 China's soil is not known for its high quality when it comes to agriculture, but it is among the richest in the world as far as archaeology is concerned. With all the road building and other construction in recent years, the earth has yielded up so many long-buried treasures that
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CHINA'S SHANGHAI MUSEUM IS A CULTURAL WORK OF ART.(Getaways)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; An expectant crowd stood in People's Square on an overcast morning last month, waiting for the high, glass doors of the new Shanghai Museum to open. Assembled in front of a spanking new building that resembles an ancient Chinese bronze urn were the glitterati of the international art world. There,
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Chinese Art's Pot of Gold; Critics Howl, but Shanghai's New Museum Embodies the City's Cosmopolitan Goals
The Washington Post
; The Shanghai Museum possesses one of China's finest art collections, a savvy director and enviable connections with government officials and foreign donors. But for nearly three years it has lacked one thing a museum really needs: a building. Now it has one. Last month the museum reopened in a new
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Ancient Chinese bronzes to exhibit in South America, XINHUA
Xinhua (China)
; Xinhua (China) 11-01-2004 URL: httpwww.xinhua.org SHANGHAI, Nov. 1 (Xinhua A hundred ancient Chinese bronzes from the Shanghai Museum will be exhibited in Argentina in South America beginning November 8 as part of a cultural exchange program between China and Argentina. The bronzes exhibition will
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Ancient water gate unearthed
China Daily
; SHANGHAI: This ambitious city's latest goal is to build a world- class museum directly on the site of a recently unearthed Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) water gate. Chen Xiejun, director of the Shanghai Museum, said that the water gate, named Zhidanyuan, was discovered in 2001 and the digging started in
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