I lived in Chattanooga for many years, most of it in St. Elmo on the mountain side of Alabama Avenue. My playground was the side of Lookout Mountain. During that time I found a plethora of arrowheads ...

Hardworking canines are helping staff at Richmond National Battlefield Park identify the unmarked graves of enslaved people.

Ken Burns’ The American Revolution debuts on PBS Nov. 16. A tie-in book, The American Revolution: An Intimate History by ...

Archaeologists at Colonial Williamsburg recently announced the discovery of four Confederate soldier skeletons, revealing a ...

After the fall of the Assad regime, Syrians reckon with the devastating human toll of the war from hundreds of thousands killed to thousands still missing. A look at the figures that underscore the ...

As archaeologists with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation excavated a site in search of American Revolution history, the ...

Virginia archaeologists recently came across four skeletons dating back to the Battle of Williamsburg, which was fought in 1862. The remains belonged to Confederate soldiers. (Credit: AP) ...

In a cistern discovered on the grounds of the Old LSU Site Walking Trail in Pineville, an LSU student picks up a piece of stoneware she found while digging. She brushes dirt off of it and announces ...

A construction worker has unearthed a 1,500-year-old Byzantine tomb complex in the war-torn province of Idlib, northern Syria ...

In northern Syria, a contractor discovered a Byzantine tomb complex over 1,500 years old during reconstruction. Located in ...

Washburn University students, professionals and community volunteers are digging up the history of a 168-year-old mansion in Lecompton, Kansas, over the course of a nine-day field school program.