Posted inArchaeology
A Statuette 6500 Years Old
In his article on the “Ten Temples of Abydos" in Harper’s Magazine. Professor Flinders Petrie tells of his discovery of a statuette of ivory more than 6500 years old, and…
Posted inArchaeology
Ten layers of History
For the first time the whole history of one of the great national sites of Egypt has been opened before us; dating from the beginning of the kingdom and ending…
Posted inShip Histories
Constitution in Port
Boston, February 18. — The Constitution Frigate came up yesterday, and anchored off the Long-wharf, about 12 o’clock. She was saluted by a federal discharge from the South End artillery company, and…
Posted inUS Civil War
February 26, 1861 – A Salute on Washington’s Birthday
The Charleston Courier is moved to anger because, on Washington's Birthday, Fort Sumter "belched forth its saucy salute" of 34 guns. It is not strange that the traitors' ears are…