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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has contracted with the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center to monitor cultural resources on about 24 acres of the 75.4-acre Mathy tract on Brice Prairie.
TREMONT — A survey crew searching Monday for century-old shipwrecks in the area of the federal Bass Harbor dredging project came up empty-handed, clearing the way for the project to move forward unimpeded.
WENATCHEE — The Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest is looking to fill two vacancies on its 15-member Resource Advisory Committee. The committee meets three or four times each year to discuss and recommend projects to be funded with federal money through the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act.
In 2003, when Breitling announced that it was co-branding a collection of watches with Bentley, eyebrows shot up in Switzerland. What did a widely available watch brand like Breitling have in common with a traditional, elite British carmaker?
The British Museum says a massive haul of Anglo-Saxon gold found this summer by an unemployed amateur treasure-hunter has been valued at 3.285 million pounds ($5.435 million).
SILVER CITY -- Master American Indian weaver Crane Day will be at the Blue Dome Gallery today, in conjunction with an exhibit opening of his work. Gallery owner Linda Brewer first discovered Day's work about 10 years ago at the Tucson Art Museum show and fell in love with it.
BY KATHY REMILLARD Anthropologist Margaret Mead once wrote, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world.” Students at Ross J. Lurgio Middle School will see if that’s true this year as they embark on a new community service project. It’s called “Pay It Forward,” and it’s loosely based on the Hollywood movie of the same name. The premise is simple: Students will go ...
Israeli filmmaker Yoav Shamir's documentary is a bracing inquiry into arguments about the prevalence of anti-Semitism today. If the filmmaker displays an anthropologist's openness to complicated truths, he also has a contrarian's impish appetite for the opposing view — the more intemperately expressed the better, it would seem.
Chesterfield Board of Supervisors member Daniel A. Gecker will hold a community meeting Monday at 7 p.m. at Bon Air Elementary School, 8701 Polk St., to introduce constituents to Midlothian District appointees on various committees and boards. Henrico Bon Secours Richmond Health System is hosting an H1N1 and seasonal flu interactive town hall meeting on Wednesday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. A panel ...
Western Queens community activists said last week they hoped the city’s plan to preserve a European artifact believed to be the oldest in the borough was not set in stone.
ALBANY, Ind. -- In the first photos snapped, Thomas E. Kent's lichen-covered gravestone pokes from the ground like a black gash against a wooded background, the result of years of neglect.
Those who have unearthed arrowheads can now turn to a handy guide to help identify historical information about the artifacts.
With hot new shopping districts and a thriving museum-and-gallery scene, the city is no longer a pit stop on the way to the Greek isles. For a family traveling to Greece, a day of archaeology ends with a meal of fresh fish and souvlaki at a cafe overlooking the water.
A developer has plans to construct 24 condominiums on a parcel off South Hamilton Street in the City of Poughkeepsie — a proposal that has sparked concern from some neighbors.
LAS CRUCES -- Pistachio wine. Pueblo jewelry. Tequila cupcakes. "Hazardous" salsas.Most folks who have spent any time in the Mesilla Valley know that pecans are a popular mail-order gift.
Thai police promised to get tough with criminals who steal historic artifacts for the international market after a spate of thefts from the old capital of Ayuthaya outraged the public in the Buddhist country.
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