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Construction crew uncovers fossils of four new whale species

Construction crews on both coasts of the U.S. have been doing double duty as archaeologists as of late. First was a report of a crew in Charleston uncovering 27 American Revolution-era graves, and now comes a report from CBS that a road construction crew in Southern California has discovered the fossils of four new […]

February 22, 2013

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Charleston construction crew finds 27 graves beneath jobsite

While working at the site of a renovation of Gaillard Auditorium in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, construction workers found 27 graves, the Associated Press reported. The graves were arranged in two even rows and were uncovered after removing tons of dirt that previously laid beneath a parking lot. There is no record of a cemetery […]

February 20, 2013