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These are still people that are buried there. Their families, they're still around': Uncovering a 150-year-old mystery
29+ min ago (327+ words) MORTON COUNTY, N. D. (KFYR) - Early Wednesday, Morton County Commissioner Raymond Morrell teamed up with the Bureau of Criminal Investigation to document one of Mandan's abandoned graveyards, Greenwood Cemetery. "We all agreed to retain the history of the cemetery, but also try…...
What's a Norwegian stabbur, and why is there one in this small Minnesota town?
44+ min ago (495+ words) June 3, 2026 / 10: 35 PM CDT / CBS Minnesota Nearly 40 years ago, a building was sent over piece by piece from Norway to a farm in Chippewa County, Minnesota. It's one of the only stabburs in the United States. In the little town of…...
Historic cannons from the American Revolution arrive at Georgia museum
3+ hour, 55+ min ago (715+ words) SAVANNAH, Ga. " A museum in Georgia's oldest city on Wednesday welcomed a truckload of treasures from the earliest period of U. S. history " 17 cannons that experts believe sank to the bottom of the Savannah River during the American Revolution and remained undiscovered…...
Archaeological group to host book club meeting
5+ hour, 17+ min ago (188+ words) dailytimes. com Archaeological group to host book club meeting The Hill Country Archeological Association, a group of avocational and professional archeologists working together to study and preserve the Hill Country's prehistoric and historical heritage and to educate the public about…...
Delos is sinking: The sacred birthplace of Apollo faces an uncertain future
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (430+ words) A cradle of Greek civilisation is slowly disappearing beneath the waves Staff writers 4 June 2026 1: 09pm Natural disasters expert Kostas Synolakis warned that future increases in relative sea level " the combined effect of higher waters and subsiding land " are effectively locked in…...
Cannons lost underwater during the American Revolution will soon go on display at a Georgia museum
3+ hour, 44+ min ago (678+ words) Workers carefully hoisted the big guns one-by-one from the back of a truck and wheeled them inside their new home at the Savannah History Museum, which will put them on display just in time for the Fourth of July celebration…...
Greek Mythology's Mysterious Eridanos River May Point to a Real Place in Europe 2026 | JUSTICE - IUSTITIA. BG 2025
14+ hour, 47+ min ago (594+ words) The Eridanos River of Greek mythology is a mysterious river whose location has long been debated. Numerous real-world rivers around Europe have been suggested, but some scholars believe it is completely mythical and corresponds to no real-world location. Nevertheless, some…...
German settlers forged communities across frontiers
3+ hour, 18+ min ago (70+ words) By 1747, u201cseveral families, mostly of German descent, u201d were already settled at Forts Seybert and Upper Tract. Both forts were part of the defensive chain along the upper South Branch valley. (Photo courtesy Chip Hill) The first German-speaking immigrants reached the Shenandoah…...
AP Exclusive: Under Notre Dame Cathedral, a "Dig of the Century" Unearths 1, 700 Years of History
5+ hour, 51+ min ago (1051+ words) By Thomas Adamson and Jeffrey Schaeffer'Associated Press Four meters (13 feet) beneath them, a team of archaeologists is digging the other way " straight down and back in time, to Roman Paris 2, 000 years ago. In 2019, fire brought Notre Dame's spire crashing down…...
Tehran Forum to Analyze Sacred Symbols on Parthian and Sasanian Coins
14+ hour, 27+ min ago (14+ words) ISNA News Agency...