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POPSUnderwater Museum for Egypt Sunken Treasures A UN convention advises that submerged artifacts should remain on the seabed as a way to respect their historical context--a view endorsed by the planners of the proposed underwater museum in Alexandria, Egypt.
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POPSVirsona -- Talk with Artificial Intelligence Virsona is a social media service that provides a real-time chat interface where it looks like you’re having an instant messager conversation,with historical, fictional or public figures like Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln, Cleopatra, etc. Moreover Virsona is a social media service that allows you to create virtual personas and interact with others.
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POPSHouse of Augustus in Rome opens to the public Experts say the frescoes are among the most splendid surviving examples of Roman wall paintings, on a par with those found in the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Archaeologists believe they may have been painted by an Egyptian. In the large entrance hall, graffiti on one wall is believed to have been left by the builders, who seem to have sketched out geometric designs, possibly for mosaic floors, and left their names. In November last year archaeologists located a grotto deep beneath Augustus's imperial palace that may have been the shrine where ancient Romans worshipped Romulus, the founder of the city according to legend. Octavian, the great-nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar, took the name Augustus on becoming sole ruler in 27BC after the civil wars that followed Caesar's assassination. His rise ended the Roman Republic and marked the beginning of the Roman Empire. He died in AD14.
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POPSShhhh, Five Secret New York sites
Whispering gallery-How to get there: On the subway (New York's equivalent to the London Underground), go to Grand Central/42nd St station, on the S/4/5/6/7 trains. If you're walking, you want the East 42nd St and Vanderbilt Avenue entrance to Grand Central. Once inside the station, ask anyone where the Oyster Bar is. Cleopatra's needle-How to get there: Enter Central Park from the east side (5th Avenue) at the 84th St entrance - follow the path around, keeping the Metropolitan Museum on your left. The needle is level with the museum. If you're going by Metro, take a 1, 2, or 3 train to 86th St station, and walk three blocks west to the park. While you're in the park - you should also take a look at the enchanting Alice In Wonderland statue that hides at the northern end of Conservatory Water. Alice sits cross-legged on a huge mushroom, with the March Hare on one side and the Mad Hatter on the other. To reach the statue from the obelisk, keep heading south through the park.
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POPSA Dead Sea a dead sea under ONE god .... ;-) from the articles: The unusually warm, incredibly buoyant and mineral-rich waters have attracted visitors since ancient times, including King Herod the Great and the beautiful Egyptian Queen, Cleopatra. All of whom have luxuriated in the Dead Sea’s rich, black, stimulating mud and floated effortlessly on their backs Names of the Sea Known in the Bible as the "Salt Sea" or the "Sea of the Arabah," this inland body of water is appropriately named because its high mineral content allows nothing to live in its waters. Other post-biblical names for the Dead Sea include the "Sea of Sodom," the "Sea of Lot," the "Sea of Asphalt" and the "Stinking Sea." In the Crusader period, it was sometimes called the "Devil's Sea." All of these names reflect something of the nature of this lake.
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POPSCivilization Revolution Game maestro Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution comes to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and DS in attempt to fill the real-time strategy void on consoles.
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