LONDON (REUTERS).- The skeleton of a huge whale, thought to have been butchered for its meat, bone and oils 300 years ago, has been discovered by archaeologists on the banks of London’s River Thames. The remains of the headless beast, the now rare Nort…
Yad Vashem Gets Access to Polish Archives
WARSAW (AP).- Israel’s Holocaust museum Yad Vashem signed an agreement with Poland on Monday that gives it access to World War II-era documents held in archives across the eastern European country. The material, held in 34 state-run and provincial arc…
Landscape Exhibition Opens at New York State Museum
ALBANY, NY.- “Not Just Another Pretty Place: The Landscape of New York” opens at the New York State Museum September 3 showcasing the many different ways views of New York have been captured and used by artists, photographers, scientists and…
Old Irish Bones may Yield Murderous Secrets in Pennsylvania
MALVERN, PA (AP).- Young and strapping, the 57 Irish immigrants began grueling work in the summer of 1832 on the Philadelphia and Columbia railroad. Within weeks, all were dead of cholera. Or were they murdered? Two skulls unearthed at a probable mass …
Old Irish Bones may Yield Murderous Secrets in Pennsylvania
MALVERN, PA (AP).- Young and strapping, the 57 Irish immigrants began grueling work in the summer of 1832 on the Philadelphia and Columbia railroad. Within weeks, all were dead of cholera. Or were they murdered? Two skulls unearthed at a probable mass …
Rare 3D Film Shows Warsaw Devastated After WWII
WARSAW (AP).- Polish historians have created an unusual 3D film that documents the shocking sea of rubble that Warsaw was reduced to during World War II. Jan Oldakowski, the director of the Warsaw Uprising Museum, said the film “City of Ruins” is mainl…
Long Lost Charlie Chaplin Film to Debut at Virginia Film Festival
ARLINGTON, VA (AP).-A short silent comedy that was lost for decades
holds a big surprise for film buffs and historians when a familiar face emerges
from the bushes in police uniform and that unforgettable mustache. The 1914
film, “A Thief Catche…
Long Lost Charlie Chaplin Film to Debut at Virginia Film Festival
ARLINGTON, VA (AP).-A short silent comedy that was lost for decades
holds a big surprise for film buffs and historians when a familiar face emerges
from the bushes in police uniform and that unforgettable mustache. The 1914
film, “A Thief Catche…
Experts Work to Free Buried Ship Hull at World Trade Center Site in New York
NEW YORK (AP).- The ship was buried as junk two centuries ago — landfill to expand a bustling little island of commerce called Manhattan. When it re-emerged this week, surrounded by skyscrapers, it was an instant treasure that popped up from the m…
Connecticut Land Dug Up for Items from Tribe-Settler War
MYSTIC, CT.- Artifacts of a battle between a Native American tribe and English settlers, a confrontation that helped shape early American history, have sat for years below manicured lawns and children’s swing sets in a Connecticut neighborhood. A proje…