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SURVEILLANCECambridge AnalyticaCambridge Analytica scraped Facebook quiz data and sold psychographic targeting into election campaigns.// exhibit added
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSParthenon Sculptures / Elgin Marbles: The Legal-Diplomatic TrailBetween 1801 and 1812 Elgin stripped Parthenon sculptures. Athens still calls the British Museum a vault.// exhibit added
AVIATIONBoeing 737 MAX Certification FailuresTwo MAX crashes killed 346. A 2020 House report said Boeing and FAA certification had failed hard.// exhibit added
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSMorgantina Silver: Met–Italy Return to AidoneA Hellenistic silver set from Morgantina left Sicily for the Met, then came home to Aidone under pressure.// exhibit added
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSKoh Ker / Cambodian Statue Repatriations from U.S. MuseumsKoh Ker ICE/SDNY/Met repatriations—documented provenance care, not blanket “all Khmer art stolen” smear.// exhibit added
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSIgbo-Ukwu: Thurstan Shaw’s Bronzes and the Chronology ShockShaw’s Igbo-Ukwu bronzes + 14C chronology shock—documented West African metallurgy, not “too early” folklore.// exhibit added
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSThe Kharsag EpicsKharsag tablet readings cast Eden as a Sumerian settlement with irrigation, not a metaphorical garden.// exhibit added
SCIENCE & SPACECastle Bravo Fallout (1 March 1954)Castle Bravo on 1 March 1954 blew far hotter than planned and dusted Rongelap and the Lucky Dragon.// exhibit added
ESPIONAGEOperation Orchard / Al-Kibar (2007)White House 2008 and IAEA 2011 treat Al-Kibar as a covert reactor Syria should have declared.// exhibit added
AVIATIONB-2 Spirit / Advanced Technology Bomber: Senior Ice vs Senior PegOn 20 October 1981 Senior Ice beat Senior Peg inside a black ATB contest—GAO later scored the flying wing.// exhibit added
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRYVolkswagen DieselgateVW coded defeat devices so diesels passed lab tests while polluting far worse on the road. Regulators noticed.// exhibit added
HISTORICAL EVENTSWoburn Wells G & H / Anderson LitigationWoburn Wells G & H shut on TCE/PCE. Courts and epidemiology never fully locked step.// exhibit added
SCIENCE & SPACETimes Beach Dioxin EvacuationTimes Beach roads got dioxin waste oil. After the flood, CDC advice emptied the town.// exhibit added
HISTORICAL EVENTSThe Norwegian Rocket Incident (Black Brant Scare, 1995)A Norwegian aurora rocket looked like an SLBM to Russian radars. The pad flight was fine. The warning system was not.// exhibit added
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSAidonia Treasure: Mycenaean Gold and the Ward Gallery Settlement1993 Ward Gallery offer → Greek suit → SPGH settlement → 1996 return of Aidonia Mycenaean gold.// exhibit added
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSNewark Earthworks and Hopewell Ceremonial Landscapes (UNESCO 2023)UNESCO 2023 Hopewell + Octagon lease politics: ceremonial geometry, not lost-race golf-course overlay.// exhibit added
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSNess of Brodgar: Orkney’s Neolithic Complex Between the CirclesBetween Orkney's stone circles, Ness of Brodgar's dig seasons (2004-2024) exposed a Neolithic temple complex.// exhibit added
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSMesha Stele / Moabite Stone: Louvre Provenance and ReconstructionLouvre AO 5066 Mesha Stele: shatter, squeeze, reconstruction—documented Moabite royal text.// exhibit added
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSMerneptah Stele: Epigraphy of “Israel” in Pharaoh’s Victory TextMerneptah Stele JE 31408: Israel ethnonym in Year-5 hymn—documented Cairo epigraphy, not ballot politics.// exhibit added
The Dalai Lama CIA SalaryCIA Reading Room files document Agency money around the Dalai Lama's exile network for years.// exhibit added
PARANORMAL & UNEXPLAINEDThe CIA’s Project Star Gate and Mars ReconstructionSTAR GATE remote viewers got Mars coordinates and sketched ruins the program filed under psychic recon.// exhibit added
FINANCE & BANKINGThe 2008 Credit Ratings FailureSEC exams, FCIC, and Senate PSI treat issuer-pays AAA as an essential cog—not mere model error.// exhibit added
HEALTH & MEDICINESilent Spring and the DDT CounterattackCarson put DDT on the docket. Industry fought in hearing. Ruckelshaus overruled the examiner, canceled crop uses.// exhibit added
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSMapungubwe: Gold Burials vs Colonial Denial HistoriographyMapungubwe UNESCO List 1099 gold burials—documented Limpopo kingdom vs colonial denial historiography.// exhibit added
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSIraq National Museum 2003: Looting, Investigation, and RecoveryIraq Museum 2003 looting + UNESCO/ICOM/DoS recovery—documented heritage crime, not war-porn.// exhibit added