Read more excavation stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/19604/excavation.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:51:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64057/emmett-tills-casket-found-rusted-battered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs Chicagoans mourned the desecration of a historic cemetery, the casket of civil rights icon Emmett Till was found rusted in a shack amid garbage and gravestones, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. “When we opened it up trying to find what we have, a family of possums ran out,” said the...http://www.newser.com/story/64057/emmett-tills-casket-found-rusted-battered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Jul 2009 9:57:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64000/cemetery-workers-dug-up-bodies-resold-graves.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour employees of a historic Chicago-area cemetery face charges after police uncovered a gruesome scheme to excavate graves, remove the human remains, and resell the plots, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. One manager and three grave diggers at Burr Oak Cemetery are charged with dismembering a human body, which carries of...http://www.newser.com/story/64000/cemetery-workers-dug-up-bodies-resold-graves.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Jul 2009 16:46:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50336/google-earth-sparks-texas-treasure-dispute.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA California man who used Google Earth to locate a 19th century Spanish treasure ship is suing for the right to excavate on private land, ABC News reports. Nathan Smith drove to Refugio, Texas, after spotting evidence—what it was isn’t clear—from a satellite photo. The case of Smith...http://www.newser.com/story/50336/google-earth-sparks-texas-treasure-dispute.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Feb 2009 18:13:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46698/argentine-diggers-find-18th-century-galleon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWorkers digging the foundations for a riverside apartment complex in Buenos Aires stumbled across the buried wreck of an 18th-century Spanish galleon, Reuters reports. Experts believe the ship is at least 300 years old and was likely driven ashore by a storm and then buried in mud. Archaeologists are combing...http://www.newser.com/story/46698/argentine-diggers-find-18th-century-galleon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 31 Dec 2008 10:16:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41119/dig-may-confirm-solomons-mines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScience and the Bible have a rare moment of “confluence,” says an archaeologist who helped unearth possible proof of King Solomon's reign, Newsweek reports. In present-day Jordan, scientists have found a 10th-century BC copper production center that coincides with the rule of the Biblical king of Israel. A spike in...http://www.newser.com/story/41119/dig-may-confirm-solomons-mines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Oct 2008 14:31:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37752/dig-unearths-10th-century-viking-shield.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagArchaeologists say they have found a remarkably intact Viking shield that is at least 1,000 years old, the AP reports. The 10th-century artifact, the first such find in Denmark, was buried in moist soil "ideal to preserve the wood," says an excavator. The 32-inch wooden shield was discovered during...http://www.newser.com/story/37752/dig-unearths-10th-century-viking-shield.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Sep 2008 11:55:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31494/dig-finds-washingtons-home-no-cherry-tree.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagArchaeologists have found the childhood home of George Washington, the New York Times reports—and despite the popular legend, there's no cherry tree anywhere on the premises. Researchers describe the founding father's Virginia digs as “a very nice gentry house” sporting eight rooms—not the simple cottage pictured in popular...http://www.newser.com/story/31494/dig-finds-washingtons-home-no-cherry-tree.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Jul 2008 18:20:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26481/stonehenge-riddle-solved.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British team has excavated Stonehenge in hope of showing it was once a temple used for healing, the Los Angeles Times reports. Archaeologists focused on the site's 4,000-year-old bluestones, a twin circle of huge rocks, for proof of their origins and purpose. Shamans and witch doctors once likely...http://www.newser.com/story/26481/stonehenge-riddle-solved.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 04 May 2008 15:48:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/14928/bostons-148b-big-dig-all-dug.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe most complicated and expensive highway project in American history is finally complete, AP reports. After 16 years of excavating and building, the ambitious "Big Dig" tunnel project under Boston will be turned over to the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority January 1. The final price tag was $14.8 billion—$12...http://www.newser.com/story/14928/bostons-148b-big-dig-all-dug.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Dec 2007 3:00:00 CST