7+ hour, 51+ min ago  (591+ words) Tom Mooney Out on a Limb Sometimes, as a genealogist, you come across something that does not specifically identify an ancestor but is still good background. Here are two recent news items that many Northeastern Pennsylvania family researchers can identify…...

14+ hour, 6+ min ago  (420+ words) The Reykjav'k Grapevine Around 70-80 Percent Of Iceland's Farmsteads Do Not Engage In Traditional Farming The Agriculture University of Iceland recently released a new report on farmland ownership in Iceland. Around 600 farms are owned by estates of deceased farmers, and 13 percent…...

16+ hour, 23+ min ago  (1713+ words) New Lines Magazine What a Pocketful of Metal Reveals About Afghanistan's Forgotten Empires A coin collection in the British Museum is a testament to a period when the region was wealthy, cosmopolitan and culturally confident The coins are smaller than…...

16+ hour, 20+ min ago  (26+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs....

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (590+ words) As the nation celebrates America's 250th birthday, those across the country are taking a closer look at the history'and the states'that shape it. Oklahoma was the 46th state to join the U. S. , but the discovery of oil in its boundaries helped change the…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (380+ words) Steel tools were employed in Europe centuries before they became widespread during the Roman Republic era....

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (222+ words) An exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City offers a multifaceted look at the relationship between people and rivers in the Southern region. The exhibition titled "Nous, les fleuves du Sud" (We, the Rivers of Southern Vietnam) officially opens at the…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (211+ words) A Burns Lake resident is looking into if he discovered a First Nations stone tool in Francois Lake. Jordan Sackney said he was kayaking near the west end of Francois Lake when a rock under in the water caught his…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (431+ words) Beneath the unassuming, pine-lined streets of modern Sandford, lies a largely forgotten history of industrial ambition, failed oil rushes and explosive wartime secrets. Walk through the village today and it seems just a quiet entrance to the Isle of Purbeck,…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (667+ words) For archaeologists there's something wonderfully strange about 'Cave 338', high up in the Pyrenees mountains in southwestern Europe. As remote and inhospitable as it is, it seems that prehistoric people returned time and time again to the spot. The cave is…...