The Lake Placid Town Council has approved a bid from a Sebring company for road work on three streets in the town. ...more

August 14, 2009

Egyptian archaeologists Sunday unveiled mummies, brightly painted sarcophagi and dozens of ancient tombs carved into a rocky hill in a desert oasis south of Cairo. ...more

April 27, 2009

Florida deep-sea explorers said Monday they're still hoping to find 4 tons of gold thought to be in a recently discovered British shipwreck, but are just as pleased to be able to add a piece to the puzzle of Britain's cultural heritage. ...more

February 2, 2009

The first excavation of Stonehenge in more than 40 years has uncovered evidence that the stone circle drew ailing pilgrims from around Europe for what they believed to be its healing properties, archaeologists said Monday. ...more

September 23, 2008

TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES ATTRACT 20 BIDDERS ...more

July 17, 2008

When Assistant County Engineer Gregg Sutton put out a call for excavation contracting firms interested in hauling away contaminated soil at the old public works site in downtown Brooksville, he wasn't quite prepared for the flood of responses. ...more

July 17, 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

Philip Levy spent a decade excavating sites that held signs of early American history, including a plantation in the nation's first permanent English settlement, Jamestown. ...more

July 4, 2008

To save money, the county plans to divvy up the costs of its interim cleanup of the former public works compound at 201 West Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. between the project consultant and a private excavation firm. ...more

June 11, 2008

County would bid out site excavation. ...more

June 10, 2008