9+ mon, 3+ day ago  (323+ words) Conrad's mother didn't expect to dig up anything but weeds in her garden in southern Germany. When she unearthed a weathered dagger she was inclined to throw out the find, until her son intervened. But when he posted pictures onto…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1519+ words) (This story has been updated to correct a name.) MIAMI " Peering at artifacts from an era of mass immigration into South Florida, Miriam Castro recalls snapshots from her own journey as an exiled young girl. Castro was just 9 in August…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (805+ words) La Mancha Negra's place in Venezuelan collective memory is debatable. While some remember it as the source of a nationwide panic alongside the growing political and social ills, others can't recall such an event taking place at all. Whatever the…...

9+ hour, 27+ min ago  (459+ words) A Maryland woman purchased a vase for about $4 on a clearance rack at a local thrift store, and kept it in her home for a few years. Upon visiting the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, she recognized that…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (310+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) " A new resolution at the Tennessee State Capitol is putting a spotlight on Appalachian culture and the way people speak throughout the region. The measure, which passed both the House and Senate unanimously, officially recognizes the history…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1809+ words) 18-year-old Paula Welden was a Bennington College student in Vermont. After finishing her shift at the dining hall at her college, she returned to her room and changed into clothes suitable for a trek. On the afternoon of December 1st, 1946, she…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (528+ words) A new project is featuring the history of St. Augustine through a modern-day digital medium. More than one million artifacts and records, held by the Florida Museum of Natural History, are now available for public viewing through a new online…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (694+ words) With one of the largest and most significant empires in history, the Romans ruled territories across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East for more than a thousand years. Their legacy lives on. .. With one of the largest and most…...

4+ mon, 1+ hour ago  (759+ words) Along with its many other innovations, the Roman Empire revolutionized architecture with never-before-seen features, such as large-scale arches and dome roofs. And many of these structures still stand today despite being more than 2, 000 years old. None of it would have…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1051+ words) Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests watch as woodsmen, clad in ceremonial white, fell two ancient cypress trees. Their axes strike from three precise directions, timed with precision. An hour later, the head woodcutter's cry of…...