BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 20 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news: Mayor Michelle Wu announced Kathy Kottaridis will serve as the new Director of the Office of Historic Preservation. Kottaridis, a seasoned preservation professional with over 30 years of leadership in community-centered historic preservation, urban planning, and public administration in Boston, brings her vast experience and commitment to equitable preservation practices to this role. She will lead efforts to  more

DENVER, Colorado, Sept. 20 -- The History Colorado issued the following news release: Victorian Death Experiences at the Center for Colorado Women's History is returning for the 2024 "spooky season." Designed for adults interested in the macabre and mysterious, Victorian Death Experiences provides an eerie and educational tour through the depths of time that contextualizes the practices of yesteryear through grisly artifacts, hair-raising rooms, and stories of death's presence in Denver. The 2  more

CARROLLTON, Georgia, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of West Georgia issued the following news: By Julie Lineback In the University of West Georgia's Biological and Forensic Anthropology Laboratory (BAFAL), lives long forgotten are resurrected by piecing together clues from microscopic crevices of bones and teeth. With every scan and scrape, the secrets of ancient worlds whisper through centuries, waiting to be unearthed by the sharp eyes and steady hands of those who know how to listen.   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 19 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Professor Steven Wernke's groundbreaking archaeological mapping project has secured its most substantial funding yet: a $625,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. Using satellite imagery and artificial intelligence, Wernke and his team are mapping archaeological sites across the Andes Mountain Range to build a detailed inventory that will improve our understanding of Andean settlement systems and human-  more