archaeology

With a small budget, a short time frame and a small army of volunteers, archaeologists are uncovering the history of Baltimore's Herring Run Park.

Spring at historic Montpelier Mansion in South Laurel has sprung the opening of a one-of-a-kind exhibit, "Hidden Treasure: Restoration and Archaeology at Montpelier," a display revealing 13 new discoveries unearthed during a 2013 restoration.

Hans G. Goedicke, a renowned Egyptologist who had been chairman of the Johns Hopkins University Department of Near Eastern Studies, died.

Dig turned up cannon ball in cellar

City officials on Monday seized hundreds of artifacts recovered during archaeological digs in Carroll Park from a nonprofit that had been charged with caring for the pre-Civil War items but alarmed officials by moving boxes of them to a storage locker in Baltimore County without permission.

When Paul Mueller — a custom home builder and developer — decided to renovate an historic building in Sykesville at the start of 2013, he knew it could be a lengthy process. A year and a half later, he is still working on gaining final approval and permits from multiple agencies, he said.

The tiny brass ring bearing the initials "CC" represents a mystery: did it belong to Charles Calvert, the third Baron of Baltimore? And can the St. Mary's College of Maryland archaeologists who unearthed it ever prove its origins?

Many would be surprised to learn that one of the last major projects Mayor Schaefer envisioned for the Inner Harbor has yet to be completed. It was a cultural tourism project at Carroll Park, and he called it "the final jewel in the Inner Harbor development."

Concert Hall, Dance Cube coexist with English, archaeology classes

Students unearth "treasures" during an archaeology camp in New Windsor July 21-25 sponsored by Carroll County Public Schools and the New Windsor Heritage Committee.

Historic London Town and Gardens in Edgewater continues to grow, with a reproduction carpentry shop and a sensory garden as the latest additions to the historic site in Edgewater.

Advocates for Patterson Park and Baltimore's legacy of the War of 1812 are planning to install new signs and display cases describing artifacts uncovered in an archaeological dig completed this month.

Archaeologists have uncovered a wall of that structure as they embark on a dig for more understanding of what happened when thousands of militiamen camped along the hills of southeast Baltimore during the War of 1812.

Archaeologists conducting a dig in Patterson Park are holding an open house Saturday to share discoveries with the community.

Archaeologists this week have been probing Patterson Park with radar and other technology for signs the a War of 1812 Battle of Baltimore in preparation for digs in April and May.

Wilbur L. Iley, a decorated World War II veteran who worked in the Harford County dairy industry for many years, died Monday of cancer. The Fallston resident was 94.

The University of Maryland is conducting an archaeological dig in Easton at a site called The Hill that may be the oldest settlement of free African-Americans in the country.

Eleven years ago, Navy Capt. Barbara "Bobbie" Scholley dived more than 230 feet into the ocean to help bring back the past: two sailors killed aboard their sunken Civil War battleship in 1862.

The nature center, which opened in Columbia in the fall of 2011, held its first series of summer camps in 2012 ¿ including Autumn¿s "Digging Up the Past" archaeology camp.

The DNA of a battle that helped turn the tide of a war going horribly wrong for America lay buried just six inches below the surface in a Kent County corn field. For nearly two centuries, the musket balls, canister shot and other artifacts from intense fighting at Caulk's Field waited to tell the story of a sweltering August night in 1814, when militiamen sprung a trap on a British raiding party bent on destruction.

Howard Community College students and local scouts dig at an archeological site at the Robinson Nature Center, near the old Simpsonville Mill ruins, unearthing artifacts that offer a glimpse into the region's past.

The PBS show 'Time Team America' is exploring former home of Josiah Henson, a former slave who inspired 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.'

War of 1812 battlefields and other historic sites in Maryland could get a boost from legislation pending in Congress that would give the U.S. Department of Interior power to acquire the properties for preservation. Currently the federal government may do so only for Civil War battlefields.

When a notable Baltimore building has changed hands half a dozen times, what to call it?

Charles County site was refuge for Piscataway tribe in 1680

Hearth dating to 7290 B.C. found at Anne Arundel dig site

Button from Maryland uniform among finds at former barracks

Post stood at Lafayette Square

The History Channel should consider airing a reality show called "Suburban Archeology." Most of us have ancient artifacts, priceless and otherwise, buried in our closets and drawers, refrigerators and pantries.

Unique to the middle-class, African-American experience in Annapolis, researchers say, was the practice of buying plates of varying patterns — not an entire set of dishware in a single design.

MyPlate does not make you want to chow down, but it does deliver a simple message