Researchers find Washington's boyhood home
FREDERICKSBURG, Va., July 3 (UPI) -- The home where George Washington lived as a child has been found in Virginia, researchers say.
Rare Roman artifact found near Sicily
PALERMO, Italy, July 1 (UPI) -- Italian researchers say a rostrum, used by ancient Romans to ram enemy ships, was found off the coast of Sicily.
Japanese destroyer makes historic visit
ZHANJIANG, China, June 28 (UPI) -- The Japanese warship Sazanami left a southern Chinese port Saturday after a historic five-day visit.
Historian: Mormon land grabbed in Missouri
SALT LAKE CITY, June 27 (UPI) -- A historian at Brigham Young University argues that Mormons were persecuted in Missouri in 1838 in a deliberate and successful effort to get their land.
Tiny Neville, Ohio, marks 200 years
NEVILLE, Ohio, June 26 (UPI) -- Neville, Ohio, a town on the Ohio River that lost half its population to a 1997 flood, has a slogan for its bicentennial, "Neville: 200 years and still afloat."
Neanderthals: More advanced than thought?
LONDON, June 26 (UPI) -- British archaeologists have found evidence that suggests Northern Europe's last Neanderthals might have been more advanced than thought.
Odd structures in Canadian lake studied
HAMILTON, Ontario, June 18 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists plan to retrieve samples from a British Columbia lake that might hold clues to the history of life on Earth and other planets.
Spacecraft makes first refueling transfer
TOULOUSE, France, June 18 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency's Jules Verne spacecraft has made history by transferring 1,788 pounds of refueling propellant to the International Space Station.
AMNH unveils restored Neanderthal mural
NEW YORK, June 18 (UPI) -- The American Museum of Natural History in New York has unveiled "The Neanderthal Flint Workers," a newly restored mural not seen by the public for 40 years.
British warship found in Lake Ontario
ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 13 (UPI) -- The wreck of a British warship that sank in a gale on Lake Ontario in 1780 has been located off the New York shoreline, its finders announced Friday.
The Ulysses spacecraft to expire on July 1
WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. and European space agencies Thursday said they will officially end the Ulysses spacecraft's mission July 1 after more than 17 years of joint operation.
Mystery of 1780's 'Dark Day' is solved
COLUMBIA, Mo., June 11 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have solved the mystery of what caused "New England's Dark Day" on May 19, 1780, by finding evidence of massive Canadian wildfires.
Woolly mammoth study changes theory
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., June 9 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have determined only two groups of the extinct woolly mammoth existed and neither had much genetic diversity.
Study: Prehistoric people fought for women
DURHAM, England, June 5 (UPI) -- British anthropologists say they have found the first evidence that suggests fighting over women occurred as early as prehistoric times in Europe.
Search on for Wright brothers' artifact
OTTAWA, June 4 (UPI) -- The Canadian Aviation Historical Society declared a national hunt Wednesday for a piece of wing fabric from the Wright brothers' historic first flight in 1903.
Postal company apologizes for Nazi stamps
BERLIN, May 22 (UPI) -- Officials with the Deutsche Post postal service in Germany say the company is sorry for producing stamps featuring the image of Nazi leader Rudolf Hess.
Ancient bust of Caesar found in river
PARIS, May 15 (UPI) -- French officials say the oldest known bust of Julius Caesar has been found in the Rhone River in Arles, France.
Satellite may help explore ancient Mexico
ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 14 (UPI) -- A U.S. archeologist plans to use National Aeronautics and Space Administration satellite imagery to study ancient Mexico.
Prof. solves mystery of tomb in park
CHICAGO, May 14 (UPI) -- A Northwestern University art professor has discovered Chicago's famous Lincoln Park was a city cemetery before the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
MIA team searches Alaska WWII battlefield
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 13 (UPI) -- A team of U.S. and Japanese experts has traveled to a remote island in Alaska to look for the remains of Japanese troops killed during World War II.
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