Ethiopia's "Lucy" to be exhibited in United States

[tocqueville]

Tue Oct 24, 10:43 AM ET

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia agreed on Tuesday to exhibit its world-acclaimed archaeological find -- the 3.2 million-year-old remains of a female hominid known as Lucy -- and 190 other heritage items in America, officials said.

An exhibition is scheduled for September 2007 at the Houston Museum of National Science and then will move to 10 other U.S. museums. Lucy is expected to return to Ethiopia in 2013.

Ethiopian Minister of Culture and Tourism Ahmed Drir and Joel Bartsch President of the Houston Museum of National Science signed the agreement.

"Ethiopia's rich cultural heritage, and the vibrant country that it is today, is one of the best kept secrets in the world and it is a story that needs to be told much more broadly," Bartsch said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061024/sc_nm/ethiopia_fossil_dc_3

[tsuki]

1. Will the Fundies picket?

[Richard Steele]

5. Oh, you just know they'll have their panties in a wad over this.

The only real question is "which one?" will
lead this particular attack upon logic, reason, and facts.

[arcane1]

2. sweet!

I wonder what the other museums will be? :shrug:

[Geoff R. Casavant]

3. Excellent!

My wife and I just got a family membership to the Museum of Nat Science!

[Der Blaue Engel]

4. Get thee behind me, Satan!

It's a lie! There were no other hominids! There was no 3.2 million years ago! La-la-la, I can't hear you!

:sarcasm: <----(Do I have to?)

[naturalselection]

6. We had Donald Johanson recently at our university

speak about his discovery of Lucy. Quite intriguing man and great orator. If you get a chance to see Lucy or listen to Dr. Johanson everyone should do it.

He also has his own security that he takes everywhere with him.

And it is not Johnson, but Johanson.