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...bone fragments lie in the dirt at the bottom of the box like the dots and dashes of some infuriating code. They were there, says the owner, when he bought it. Whoever sold it to his dealer would have removed anything larger, since Israeli collectors and looters alike know that the rabbinical authorities are sensitive about human remains. What is left is these off-white bits. The largest is half an inch wide and three inches long, its inner surface an intricate honeycomb. A reporter holds it gently--who knows whose DNA it might contain...
Soon the bone-box will leave Israel for the first time to go on display at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. But the bone fragments will not go with it, nor will the owner allow them to be displayed or analyzed. He brandishes a Tupperware container. They will stay right here. Who needs trouble with the rabbis or with Israeli customs? The ossuary has delivered enough mystery into the world for now. --With reporting by Andrea Dorfman/Washington, Matt Rees and Matthew Kalman/Jerusalem and Tala Skari/Paris
...they went last summer, people assumed the pair were father and son. It was a myth that Muhammad would actively perpetuate over the next several months as the two made their way across the country. He would also tell people he was a music producer or a fitness-club owner. In reality, Muhammad had had trouble finding work of late. And he had lost custody of four of his children in a series of noxious legal battles. But together with his imagination, his Army-style duffel bag and his well-mannered "son," Muhammad had apparently cobbled together a world...
...Business Owner's Toolkit toolkit.cch.com Practical how-to guides on topics such as marketing a product, organizing an office and protecting assets, penned by the site's team of writers and analysts. The Ask Alice advice column tackles timely issues like identity theft and deceptive accounting...
...cultural landscape. For although the country is home to some of the world's best-known museums, it is often regarded as an also-ran in the contemporary art world. "Contemporary creation in France still isn't getting the international recognition it deserves," says Jennifer Flay, a Paris gallery owner...