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Maryland homeschoolers dig into history at colonial archaeological site
A group of homeschoolers from Prince George's and Charles Counties are getting hands-on experience with archaeology, ...
A Virginia museum found 4 Confederate soldiers’ remains. It’s trying to identify them
Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.
Confederate soldiers’ remains quietly buried at Cedar Grove in Williamsburg
We were happy to get them reinterred quickly, quietly and respectfully,” said Jack Gary, director of archaeology for The ...
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Digging Up Maryland’s Past: Homeschoolers dig into history at colonial archaeological site
A group of homeschoolers from Prince George's and Charles County are getting hands-on experience with archaeology.
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Jamestown’s DNA Breakthrough Exposes Colonial Scandal and Redefines the Power of Genetic Archaeology
The DNA took us in a very unexpected direction, one we never would have gone without it, said Kari Bruwelheide of the ...
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Confederate Remains Found Near CW’s Powder Magazine Reinterred at Cedar Grove Cemetery
Archaeological excavation of the Magazine over the summer of 2023 revealed a mass burial containing the remains of four ...
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Ivor Noël Hume, Colonial Williamsburg archaeologist and pioneer of historical archaeology, dies at 89
Mr. Noël Hume, a former director of historical archaeology at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, died Feb. 4 after a short illness at age 89, according to an obituary published in the Daily Press.
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Captain Cook’s Famous Shipwreck Finally Found After 25-Year Search in Rhode Island
The Endeavour’s historic voyage began in 1768. Under the command of Captain James Cook, the ship circumnavigated the globe ...