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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&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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Two experts in historical documents say they doubt the authenticity of a Davy Crockett letter that the Texas Historical Commission bought this week for nearly half a million dollars. Both questioned the handwriting, and one said the grammar was just too good to belong to the Alamo defender.
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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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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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Confusion surrounds the brief return of a statue of  Belgian colonial king Leopold II in the DR Congo capital, Kinshasa.
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Few campaigns in post-war American history have appeared to be as divisive as the one drawing to its still uncertain conclusion on Tuesday.
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A previously unknown story and a letter ascribed to Ernest Hemingway have caused a dispute between those who want to see them published and those who don't.
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Researchers studying DNA from 500-year-old bone slivers said Friday that preliminary data suggests Christopher Columbus might be buried in Spain, rather than in a rival tomb in the Dominican Republic &#151; but for now they cannot be sure.
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By Erin Smith, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Dec. 10--ALAMOSA - Make no bones about it, Alamosans are serious about saving the remains of a famous horse said to have been sliced and diced by space aliens.
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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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Thereâs still a number of outstanding issues, some in the public domain. Itâs fairly obvious what they are. âWe will continue over the next day or so to bring those to conclusions.
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By Cathy Locke, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 7--It's not often that a pipeline project spawns an archaeological dig.
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In the history of ambitious bridge projects, doubt -- and the controversy that stems from it -- tends to make regular appearances.
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In the growing debate about when people first appeared on this continent, a leading archaeologist said Wednesday he has discovered what could be sooty evidence of human occupation in North America tens of thousands of years earlier than is commonly believed.
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Analysis of bones in the cathedral of Seville in southern Spain leaves open the possibility that they are those of the explorer Christopher Columbus, a lead
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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.