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Students in Racine Unified’s NOVA Academy studied archaeology by creating ancient civilizations and artifacts, then holding a hands-on dig at Samuel Myers Park. The activity let classmates excavate one another’s sites and use evidence to identify the civilizations they had…
A fresh search for Amelia Earhart has ended with a familiar disappointment, after a U.S. expedition to a remote Pacific atoll concluded that a suspected aircraft fragment was nothing more than a cluster of washed-up trees. The team had traveled to…
A recent expedition to a remote South Pacific island to search for wreckage from Amelia Earhart’s lost plane has come up empty. Researchers said Monday they found “no conclusive evidence” that the famed aviator landed her Lockheed 10E Electra aircraft on…
Expedition was drawn to Nikumaroro after spotting what was described as a metallic glint in waters off uninhabited island A US expedition that voyaged to a remote Pacific island in the hope of solving the mystery of what happened to…
BRISTOL- The oldest Civil War monument in the state and the second oldest in the nation was officially rededicated at a ceremony Saturday at Bristol Township Center, where the large white marker stands in the center of the park. The…
Far from being a brief stopover, the team says the site was a base camp, inhabited by prehistoric humans on and off for over two centuries. An oval dwelling with a hearth and an earthen oven showed evidence of cooking…
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Many myths remain in the world. Gods create the world, humans are born, heroes fight, and eventually the world itself meets its end. The myths passed down in each land depict various stories, from the beginning of the world to…
An expedition to find evidence of Amelia Earhart’s missing plane near a remote island in the South Pacific has come up empty, researchers said Sunday. Researchers from the Archaeological Legacy Institute and Purdue University embarked this month on the Taraia…
Oct. 16—With Halloween approaching, the spooky season is in full swing. To help celebrate it, members of the South Sound Paranormal Research (SSPR) Team visited Vader last weekend to share stories from investigations of various haunted locations throughout the region.