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National World War II Museum expansion enters Delord Sarpy House turf
4 February 2012, 10:06 pm

Reminders of New Orleans' distant and not-so-distant past have been unearthed during excavations for the newest addition to the National World War II Museum complex in the Warehouse District.

Clint Eastwood Receives Smithsonian Medal, Opens Museum Theater
4 February 2012, 5:51 pm

By Robin Siteneski - Forever Dirty Harry, Clint Eastwood received with good humor the Smithsonian Bicentennial Medal Wednesday.

Guess who I saw on my holiday? Tourist captures incredible images of...
4 February 2012, 1:42 pm

A curious little boy from a previously unrecorded Indian tribe peers tentatively from the bushes to catch what was most probably his first every glimpse of outsiders.

Fayetteville man has an unusual hobby: Digging up World War I history
4 February 2012, 9:43 am

Ralph Whitehead knows he has an unusual hobby, one that blends history, mystery and forensic archaeology with a healthy dose of sweat.

Is This Russian Landscape the Birthplace of Native Americans?
4 February 2012, 5:28 am

Native Americans originated from a small mountainous region in southern Siberia, new genetic research shows.

UMOCA's new curator calls himself an art-world 'anthropologist'
4 February 2012, 1:08 am

The Salt Lake Tribune) Aaron Moulton is the new curator at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art.

Hawke's Bay Museum and Art Gallery curator Douglas Lloyd Jenkins.
3 February 2012, 8:59 pm

A murder cold case or Maori burial site are the latest explanations for human remains found at a Napier building site this week.

Rescued by ingenuity, luck and two emus
3 February 2012, 4:45 pm

In 1825, when the Royal Charlotte struck grief on its way to India on a mischarted part of the Great Barrier Reef, the 120 souls aboard - including women and children - feared the worst.

Honeywell to avoid boat wrecks on bottom of Onondaga Lake while dredging
3 February 2012, 12:35 pm

Honeywell International Inc. has agreed to avoid sunken canal boats, pier remains and other historical artifacts when it dredges decades of industrial waste from the bottom of Onondaga Lake starting this year.

Human jawbone discovery in October is Native American
3 February 2012, 8:20 am

WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- NBC Right Now has an update on the human jaw bone found at Columbia Park last October.