The Highlands County Historic Preservation Commission will take on a new project - putting historical artifacts on display in a public place - in mid July. ...more

June 28, 2009

The sides of the rectangular pit revealed a cross-section of earth: gray and lumpy on top, smooth yellow sand underneath. ...more

March 18, 2009

"Irreplaceable," by Stephen Lovely (Voice, $24.95) ...more

March 8, 2009

When the waves from Hurricane Ike receded, they left behind a mystery - a ragged shipwreck that archaeologists say could be a two-masted Civil War schooner that ran aground in 1862 or another ship from some 70 years later. ...more

September 20, 2008

A group of archaeologists found a pre-Columbian tomb containing well-preserved human remains, ceramics and jewelry near Peru's northern coast. The find could shed new light on the ancient Moche Indian culture. ...more

July 6, 2008

A set of bones found on the beach by a Texas woman and her children could be a deep-sea snake or an eel, a taxidermist told the family. ...more

June 28, 2008

LONGBOAT KEY - A set of bones found on the beach by Tiffany Robinson and her children could be a deep-sea snake or an eel, a taxidermist told the family. ...more

June 26, 2008

Carbon dating tests and excavation of a colorful pre-Incan temple indicate it was built thousands of years ago by an advanced civilization, a prominent archaeologist said in comments published Sunday by a Peruvian newspaper. ...more

November 12, 2007

In 1559, a hurricane sent up to seven Spanish sailing vessels to the bottom of Pensacola Bay, hampering Don Tristan de Luna's attempt to colonize this section of the Florida Panhandle. ...more

October 14, 2007

Like cattle being prepared for slaughter, some native children captured by the Inca were fattened up for months before being ritually sacrificed to the gods, a sequence of events calculated to elevate the victims' value to the gods and to strike fear into subjugated peoples, British researchers reported this week. ...more

October 6, 2007