is this something strictly NZ or would we expect similar results elsewhere?

> >From Ananova:
>
> http://www.ananova.com/News/story/sm_349768.html
>
> A New Zealand museum has turned down the chance to exhibit one of the
> world's most important archaeological finds in favour of a tattoo and body
> piercing show.
>
> Auckland Museum said the Dead Sea Scrolls would be of no interest to most
> members of the public.
>
> So instead of 2000-year-old documents, visitors will be treated to
> photographs of tattoos and genital studs.
>
> The museum was offered a rare chance to present the scrolls by the Israel
> Antiquities Authority, reports The New Zealand Herald.
>
> But the museum said it would have needed more than 50,000 visitors to cover
> the cost of fees, transport, security, insurance and marketing.
>
> On the other hand, the body art show is expected to attract crowds with
> pictures of women with butterflies on their breasts, men showing off their
> groins and bondage gear.
>
> The scrolls, discovered in 1947 by Bedouin shepherds in caves around the
> Dead Sea, are the largest and oldest body of manuscripts relating to the
> Bible and the time of Jesus.


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