Found beneath an older tomb near Tarquinia, the painted chamber depicts several intricate scenes, including a metallurgical ...

As populations were moving along the Atlantic Ocean, either for commercial gains or war, they would stop at the islands just off the coast. Researchers said there are extensive chronicles of Vikings ...

To Michael Hirsch, the desecration of hundreds of graves was a shanda, a shame, a ghoulish crime. He wanted to do something ...

History Knox Regional author Mark Sebastian Jordan shares a Knox County history column with our readers each Saturday, reflecting on the community's local lore. MOUNT VERNON — Interesting stories ...

Olvera is a sleepy, off the beaten path village on the pueblo blanco (white villages) route of southern Spain. Olvera has one ...

The Lovers of Valdaro, an ancient Stone Age couple entwined in an eternal embrace, have been discovered in an archaeological ...

Every year since 1976, regardless of the weather, Phil Stone has come to the cemetery on the Lincoln Homestead to honor ...

Clegg said he tried to negotiate what he considers a fair settlement with the city. “So the city came up with an offer and we believe it was not nearly enough to come close to replacing that wall. So ...

Author Oliver Smith spent many childhood days exploring a prehistoric mound near his grandparents’ house in Wales. As an ...

Bilingual artefacts which contain two languages can be used to translate lost languages, with the most famous example being the Rosetta Stone, which led to the decipherment of Ancient Egyptian ...

TAYLOR — On a recent gray day with a cold wind blowing, Ernest Rector looked over a mostly empty plot of land dotted with a few headstones at the Taylor City Cemetery. The 96-year-old pointed to ...

The Old Chapel Hill Cemetery was established in 1798 after a land grant given two years prior and serves as the final resting place for various individuals associated with the University.