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Everyone is invited to Dummerston Historical Society’s quarterly meeting in Dummerston Center on Thursday, July 17. A business meeting of members at 6:30 p.m. will precede the program ...
Staff [email protected] The McHenry County Historical Society and Museum has announced a new interactive ...
The death of Sarah Montgomery last weekend has led to renewed focus on the rate of violence against women and girls ...
Archaeologists have identified the lost city of Tharais near Jordan's Dead Sea. The discovery is based on the 1,500-year-old Madaba Mosaic Map, revealing its location. Excavations uncovered ...
Researchers recently found one of the many lost Holy Land cities in Jordan. The team used maps and field surveys to identify the site. Experts believe the lost city Tharais wasn’t just an ...
Emily Whinnery, a one-year-old baby described as a "real charmer" with "lovely eyes and a big smile", was laid to rest following a moving funeral in the Co Tyrone town of Cookstown on Friday afternoon ...
A toddler believed to have died as a result of choking in Co Tyrone has been named as Emily Whinnery. The 15-month-old girl died suddenly at a property in Cookstown on Sunday afternoon. Emergency ...
The sudden death of a one-year-old child in Co Tyrone is believed to have been a tragic accident. Emergency services attended the scene of a "sudden death" at a property in Cookstown on Sunday ...
The Summit Historical Society has launched a project to digitize the historic maps in its collection. Summit Historical Society director Jordan Bennett said Wednesday, Feb. 5, that the nonprofit ...
Their whereabouts baffled historians for centuries until 2012 when experts with the British Museum analyzed the 400-year-old “La Virginea Pars” map drawn by one of the colonists named John ...
She transformed the New York Public Library’s collection of charts and atlases into one of the world’s largest and most accessible resources.
The Babylonian Map of the World remains a crucial piece of historical evidence, offering invaluable insights into ancient Babylonian views of the world and their cartographic practices.