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The discovery of a burial ground layered directly over a 12,000-Year-Old monument has turned a quiet patch of countryside into one of the most intriguing archaeological puzzles of the year. What began ...

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KINGSTON, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday that she has nominated the Pine Street African Burial Ground at 157 Pine St. in Midtown for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. ...

Egypt discovers tombs dating back more than 4,000 years in Aswan, one of which contains 160 nearly intact pots.

A new nonprofit organization is working to establish an earth-friendly cemetery in Arkansas, a place without towering monuments above ground or concrete burial vaults beneath. Mourning Cloak ...

In the course of construction work in 2013, the remains of 36 individuals of African descent were uncovered in the heart of downtown Charleston, South Carolina. They had lain hidden for some 200 years ...