Dispute Over Columbus Remains Hits Snag
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Authorities said Saturday that more discussions are needed before a Spanish research team can examine a tomb purportedly holding Christopher Columbus' remains, setting back efforts to determine if claims that he is buried in Spain are true.
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A newly opened Cincinnati museum  portraying the horrors of American slavery has generated  criticism and stoked friction that persists three years after  race riots tore through the Ohio city.
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&quot;A battle has erupted between Apple Computer founder Steve Jobs and a group of local preservationists over the future of a 78-year old mansion on Jobs&#39; property.
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LOS ANGELES - A California man was charged Wednesday with breaking a federal law that protects archaeological finds by trying to sell the skull of a Hawaiian native born 200 years ago, authorities said.    Jerry David Hasson, 55, of Huntington Beach is accused of violating the Archaeological Resources Protection Act, according to the criminal complaint...
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Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians were last night locked in dispute over an 800-year-old war crime and a box of 1,600-year-old bones that was meant to have brought them a giant step closer to reunification.
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By LEE ROSS Mountain View Telegraph  A rummage sale, a rock quarry and a costly court case are all part of an ongoing dispute between San Pedro Rock and an East Mountains neighborhood association.
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Filmmakers and scholars on Monday unveiled two stone ossuaries they said could have contained the remains of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, but several other scholars derided claims in a new documentary as unfounded and contradictory to basic Christian beliefs.
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Not 15 months ago, they were staring each other down at a negotiating table, bargaining tensely over who should have title to 13 archaeological artifacts. But on a recent afternoon they seemed the best of colleagues.
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It has long been a matter of contention: Was the Aztec and Mayan practice of human sacrifice as widespread and horrifying as the history books say? Or did the Spanish conquerors overstate it to make the Indians look primitive? In recent years archaeologists have been uncovering mounting physical evidence that corroborates the Spanish accounts in substance, if not number.
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A London museum is seeking an out-of-court settlement over what to do with the ancient remains of 17 Tasmanian Aborigines, after Australian legal action was suspended, officials said Wednesday.
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Spanish researchers said Monday they've won permission to open a tomb in the Dominican Republic purported to hold remains of Christopher Columbus, edging closer to solving a century-old mystery over whether those bones or a rival set in Spain are the real thing.
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After two years of forensic tests on remains held in Seville, Spain, that were thought to be the explorer's, the mystery endures.
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By Kevin Wadlow, Florida Keys Keynoter, Marathon  Mar. 3--An ongoing legal dispute between the Marine Mammal Conservancy and the owner of its Key Largo site could get dirty.
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ALI JEGK, Arizona  - Members of a traditional Indian nation spanning the Arizona-Mexico border are complaining that work to put up a new barrier to secure the border has desecrated an ancient burial ground.
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Researchers who gleaned DNA from 500-year-old bone slivers said Friday that preliminary data suggests Christopher Columbus might be buried in Spain, rather than a rival tomb in the Dominican Republic, but for ...
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By Alan Riquelmy, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  Feb. 8--Visions for land surrounding the Columbus Public Library clashed Wednesday night as various speakers expressed their different dreams.
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When a man removed an eight-ton rock from the Ohio River, those on the opposite bank objected.