Ubisoft puts forth the best Assassin’s Creed product to date, yet still suffers from the same problems as before.
Katy Perry close to breaking Michael Jackson’s chart record
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California Gurl about to make history
Vanished Rome
May 11, 2010 4 Comments
ROME — This is not a time-machine but it comes close. It is called "ROMA SPARITA" [Vanished Rome] and it is a group formed on Facebook dedicated to the Eternal City. The group has over 70 thousand members but the number rises by the hour. They are all fans of Rome, or rather of the [...]
Editorial: Boston should preserve East Boston immigration station
April 11, 2010 1 Comment
First, watch this video from The Boston Globe. Then read Andrew Ryan’s story about the station. Do we really need to say anything else here? Well, we will. This is ridiculous. The City of Boston, The Hub, the birthplace of the American Revolution — a place that prides itself so much on history, should forget [...]
The queen’s burial chamber discovered
March 4, 2010 Leave a Comment
ROME — Excavations by a team of French archaeologists in el-Shawaf, Saqqara, Egypt have brought to light the burial chamber of the queen of the Fourth Dynasty, Behenu, wife of Pepi I (Merytawy) or Pepi II (Netjerkhau). The tomb was discovered when removing sand from the Behenu pyramid. Saqqara is a vast necropolis in Egypt, [...]
Ötzi: One of the most famous mummies in the world
Feb. 2, 2010 Leave a Comment
ROME — The Alto Adige Archaeological Museum or S¼dtiroler Arch¤ologiemuseum, centrally located in Via Museo is famous for hosting "–tzi", the Iceman, and contains all the finds in the Province of Bolzano. To obtain an exhaustive idea of the museum’s underlying theme and acquire information on guided tours as well as visits for younger members [...]
Scollay Square’s gift
Feb. 1, 2010 1 Comment
What remains from old Boston? Not the Howard Athenaeum.
Archaeological finds discovered at American military base site
Jan. 20, 2010 1 Comment
ROME — Last June, archaeological investigations planned by the Archaeological Heritage Department began in Dal Molin in the Veneto Region, with active cooperation from the United States Army Garrison Vicenza, which was responsible for the financial aspects of this operation. These preliminary archaeological investigations were focused at providing new information to be added to the [...]
One of the mysteries of the Egyptian pyramids revealed
Jan. 17, 2010 Leave a Comment
ROME — Recent news reveals that only 12.5 miles from Cairo, near the large Giza pyramids, mud and brick tombs have been discovered, said to be the burial places of those who died during construction and dating back to the Fourth Dynasty. According to the leader of the team of Egyptian archaeologists, Zahi Hawass, the [...]
One click reveals 6,000 years of history
Dec. 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
The online Virtual Museum of Iraq is an Italian gem
Hadrian’s Academy unearthed?
Nov. 19, 2009 7 Comments
“Good” emperor’s place of knowledge thought to be found during subway excavation
Roman Emperor Nero’s rotating dining room found
Nov. 6, 2009 Leave a Comment
ROME — It had always been thought that Nero’s famous dining room, which actually revolved day and night, simulating the earth’s movement, coincided with the octagonal room situated on the Colle Oppio. However, in the course of reinforcing work carried out on the Palatine, the real coenatio rotunda emerged. Excavations in the Vigna Barberini area [...]
The energy of Santa Fe
Aug. 22, 2009 Leave a Comment
Blast visits a city overflowing with history that broadens your horizons
History meets modern meets love in Virginia
July 16, 2009 1 Comment
Those in search of the perfect summer weekend head to Loudoun County.
Pausing on local history
July 11, 2009 Leave a Comment
July 4 has come and gone, but one local expert urges our generation not to forget.
The Declaration of Independence
July 4, 2009 Leave a Comment
Blast has a story in the works next week about whether people think the history surrounding The Fourth of July still matters. For now, here’s the document that started it all… WHEN in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, [...]
National museum adds History of Electronic Games section
March 18, 2009 Leave a Comment
Video games finally receive the museum treatment. Details inside.
