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Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...
“With more than 202 burial sites already documented and included in the map, the jury recognizes that the Black Burial Grounds project enables proactive protection and awareness of these sites ...
Five friends paddle through misadventure and unexpected beauty on the James River.
LOWER MANHATTAN (PIX11) — One of the oldest and largest African American burial grounds in the United States has been closed just days before Juneteenth. The visitor center and outdoor memori… ...
About 65 feet beyond it, the road you’ll cover in a fraction of a second is the site of what used to be a burial mound for the Monacan Indians. In that fraction of a second, you’ll have driven over ...
“The Monacan Indian Nation has formally requested the repatriation of specific human remains and other culturally affiliated items within the College’s possession,” Parkhurst wrote in a May 17 email. ...
This is a story about a one-year-old who was taken away by strangers and returned to their home 800 years after they died. But the story’s not quite over yet.
Bridgewater College cremated the remains of more than just the Lewis Creek Mound’s one-year-old Monacan skeleton, according to their own records submitted to NAGPRA in 2015.
Richmond recently bought back this lot and small building at 1305 N. Fifth St. Local historians typically refer to the site as the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground or the Second African Burial ...
Founding Father Thomas Jefferson and others who lived in Central Virginia in the late 18th century and early 19th were excavating Monacan stomping grounds, specifically their burial mounds, as ...
There was an rededication of the historic Old Swedes Burial Ground in Chester on Sunday, marking the completion of a three-year, $200,000 restoration project, that attracted hundreds of people ...