HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — In a significant step, the University of Richmond has initiated efforts to memorialize and properly reinter the graves of enslaved individuals discovered on its grounds ...

For more than two millennia, a pair of modest graves lay anonymous, their occupants reduced to catalog numbers and conjecture ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A report presented to the Tallahassee City Commission in May of 2021 lays out a respectful way to mark the graves of enslaved people. The report included a small walking ...

Grave hunting is a bit different. Gravers typically seek out individual plots of specific people, be it megastars like Marilyn Monroe, less lustrous lights like Gen. George Custer or their great-uncle ...

ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A judge denied an appeal that attempted to prove that a developer would be putting new homes over unmarked graves of formerly enslaved people. The land is about ...

When we think of traveling to our dream destinations, we usually think of ancient ruins, majestic mountain landscapes, architectural marvels and city glamour. But some of the most profound experiences ...

Where are all the obelisks? That’s what local historian Tony Brooks wondered as he toured cemeteries on a recent trip to Paris. After all, he said, the Luxor Obelisk on Place de la Concorde has become ...

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