Industry News
08/30/2024
The city is demolishing a historically black cemetery in Wilson and building in its place, "Where are the headstones?
The city paid $29,000 to conduct a radar survey that produced images underground that turned out to show more than 4,000 graves.
08/29/2024
Memorial Park and Buffalo Bayou Park in Houston will be connected by an upcoming trail - Houston Public Media
Funding for Harris County, Precinct 4 will help the Houston Parks Authority fill the gap between two of the city's largest and most popular parks.
08/29/2024
Developers found graves in Virginia's woods. Authorities then helped erase the historic black cemetery.
The cemetery's disappearance cleared the way for Microsoft's data center expansion, despite a host of federal and state regulations nominally designed to protect culturally significant sites.
08/26/2024
Archaeologists find lost 'Book of the Dead' buried in Egyptian cemetery
Archaeologists have discovered a New Kingdom cemetery.
08/25/2024
Believe it or not, the best place for trees in Greensboro is the historic cemetery.
Green Hill Cemetery is an off-the-beaten-path gem tucked away in Greensboro's park system. It is home to 700 different species of trees.
08/24/2024
History and Culture - Washington Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
George Washington's military and political leadership played an indispensable role in the founding of the United States.
08/23/2024
Ward's Funeral Home will merge with Memorial Park Riverside Chapel funeral home
One longtime Gainesville funeral home is merging with another, their principals announced Tuesday.
08/21/2024
The magnificent "seven cemeteries" in London that you simply must see
North, east, south or west. No matter where you are in London - you are sure to find one of the "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries.
08/17/2024
Protesters dressed in black carry a coffin and hold a "funeral" in a park in Cardiff
Protesters led a "funeral procession" through a popular Cardiff park on Saturday.
08/16/2024
New memorial dedicated to the wiped out black cemetery at King High School in Tampa
The event comes at a time when burials are being discovered in numerous destroyed African American cemeteries in the Tampa Bay area.
08/15/2024
Archaeologists have discovered the vampire burial of a 10-year-old child in an ancient Roman cemetery in Italy
Archaeologists have discovered the "vampire burial" of a 10-year-old child in an ancient Roman cemetery in Italy.
08/15/2024
SIU becomes the first university marine science program in the U.S. with an on-site crematorium
A love of science and a desire to work in a field that truly helps people led Emily Bender to a career in marine science.