Last month "Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt" opened at Milwaukee Public Museum and it's a winner for anyone with an interest in ancient Egpyt and/or one of history's most interesting and alluring characters. MPM is offering a gift pack for the holidays.
Thanks to the new exhibit, "Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt," which opened Friday and runs through April 29 at Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukeeans can now get a closer look at the myths and realities of the legendary Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII.
Now that the snow has stopped and the wind died down, Channel 6 can focus on the Super Bowl ... Jim Cantore gets all excited about our weather ... The return of "Beavis and Butt-Head" ... Anderson Cooper becomes a target in Cairo.
In Jewish liturgy Egypt is primarily a place to get out of. Tomorrow night Jews the world over will be celebrating the "Exodus from Egypt" at their Passover seders. But as a free people, Jews began returning to Egypt after the de...
Philosopher Immanuel Kant once wrote that the majority of people would never go to war, except in self-defense. If so, an increase in democracy should lead to a more peaceful world. President Woodrow Wilson made this principle a key goal in World War I.The history of the past ce...
Wednesday October 26th, 2011 - Fox Lake, IL I have a new favorite television show of all time. It‘s “Ancient Aliens” on The History Channel. I watched a couple of episodes tonight, and was glued to my TV. I had it on as I was folding a load of laundry, but after a wh...
My Tuesdays and Thursdays are typically spent at the Milwaukee Public Museum, doing the Exhibits Intern thing. As I've mentioned before, this sometimes means cleaning life-sized models of dinosaurs. Most commonly, it involves me at a desk, headphones in, plowing through some project that needs ...
1. Money
It doesn't really matter which side of the fence you are on, no matter how Egypt's revolution plays out it is sure to cost The United States an enormous amount of money. With our tough economic times, and trying to pinch every penny as is, how we decide to spend our tax money in E...