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Egypt uncovers 2,500-year-old coffins, bronze statues in ancient necropolis
Egypt has uncovered 2,500-year-old wooden coffins and bronze statues in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, the country announced on Monday.
Egypt has uncovered 2,500-year-old wooden coffins and bronze statues in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, the country announced on Monday.
Home at last: Pearl Harbor sailor from St. Louis finally identified, laid to rest
Paul Boemer was aboard the USS Oklahoma when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, killing 429 crew members. He has finally returned home to St. Louis. This First Nation was swindled out of its land — and into a flood zone
Peguis First Nation in Manitoba is no stranger to flooding — but that wasn’t always the case. A few generations ago, the community lived on prime farmland just north of Winnipeg, far from the flood-prone delta on the Fisher River where it is today.
Remains found in France identified as Canadian soldier who died in WW1
More than 100 years after a Canadian soldier went missing on a bloody battlefield during the First World War, his remains have been identified after being found in France. Denmark PM says sorry to Greenland Inuit taken for ‘heartless’ social experiment
Mette Frederiksen apologises in person to six surviving Greenlandic Inuit who were snatched from families as children more than 70 years ago 169 potential graves found at site of former residential school in northern Alberta | CBC News
Kapawe’no First Nation, about 370 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, says 169 potential graves have been found using ground-penetrating radar at the site of a former residential school at Grouard Mission. Failed Danish social experiment haunts Greenlandic survivors taken from families 70 years ago
Helene Thiesen was part of a project aimed at stripping children of their cultural identities to mould them into “little Danes." The failed social experiment is a dark bit of Danish history that echoes in Canada as this country continues the grim task o In the 1800s, Valentine’s Meant a Bottle of Meat Juice
In Richmond, Virginia, a museum simply known as The Valentine tells the story of the city’s 400-year past. Set in a beautiful neoclassical building that dates to 1812, it was founded on the fortune one man made from his meat juice—which is exactly whaC.I.A. Is Linked to Strikes In Chile That Beset Allende
Intelligence sources reveal US CIA secretly financed Chilean labor union strikes for more than 18 mos before ‘73 overthrow of Chilean Pres Salvador Allende Gossens; CIA Dir William E Colby has no comment; US Sec of State Kissinger, testifying at Sen For
Intelligence sources reveal US CIA secretly financed Chilean labor union strikes for more than 18 mos before ‘73 overthrow of Chilean Pres Salvador Allende Gossens; CIA Dir William E Colby has no comment; US Sec of State Kissinger, testifying at Sen ForCaptain Cook′s famed Endeavour found off Rhode Island, say Australian researchers | News | DW | 03.02.2022
The wreck of the vessel Captain James Cook used to sail to Australia has been located in Newport Harbor, Australian archaeologists say. But their US research partners are neither convinced, nor amused.
The wreck of the vessel Captain James Cook used to sail to Australia has been located in Newport Harbor, Australian archaeologists say. But their US research partners are neither convinced, nor amused. 93 potential burial sites found near former B.C. residential school
A survey of a small segment of the land surrounding a former B.C. residential school has identified 93 sites of "potential human burials," according to representatives of a nearby First Nation.Israeli archeologists find treasures in ancient shipwrecks
The Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday the discovery of remnants of two shipwrecks off the Mediterranean coast, replete with a sunken trove of hundreds Roman and medieval silver coins.
The Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday the discovery of remnants of two shipwrecks off the Mediterranean coast, replete with a sunken trove of hundreds Roman and medieval silver coins. 'Vivid' memories persist of Korean Air Flight 085, Whitehorse's scare on 9/11
Korean Air Flight 085 was en route to New York City from South Korea with more than 200 passengers and crew on board when it was diverted to Whitehorse on 9/11. A false alarm that the plane had been hijacked forced the city into panic mode. Biden moves to declassify documents from FBI's 9/11 probe, as sought by victims' families
Family members of victims of the attacks have suspicions that the FBI lied about or destroyed evidence linking Saudi Arabia to the hijackers Fall of Kabul, refugee plight provoke painful memories for Vietnamese 'boat people'
The U.S troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and the fall of Kabul is reminding some Toronto-area former "boat people" of American's departure from Vietnam after losing the war, which prompted thousands to flee. They hope Canada will bring in more Afghan ref At the world's oldest social housing, rent hasn't changed since 1521
The Fuggerei is a landmark in Augsburg, Germany, not only because it resembles a medieval village, but also because the rent hasn't changed in 500 years. Residents pay about $1.30 — or 0.88 euros — per year for their apartments and commit to daily spi Stalin-era mass grave found in Ukraine
Thousands of people are thought to be buried at the site - one of the largest ever found in Ukraine. DNA confirmed identity of engineer on HMS Erebus — and raises more questions in Franklin Expedition mystery
The first confirmation through DNA of the identity of remains of one of the men lost in the Franklin Expedition is the highest-profile recent development in the ongoing quest to solve the mystery surrounding the fate of the 19th-century polar mission. Mysterious letter linking 1,000 people to $1-billion Algonquin treaty likely fake, CBC investigation finds
A CBC investigation has cast doubt on the authenticity of a document that has been used by 1,000 people as evidence they are truly Algonquin and rightful beneficiaries of a nearly billion-dollar land claim agreement. Surprise find in Halifax harbour anchors diver's theory on 1917 explosion
A Halifax scuba diver has found something that could shed a little new light on one aspect of a dark chapter in Nova Scotian history. Canada's museums wrestle with history of residential schools
CBC News spoke with the CEO of the Canadian Museum For Human Rights, the CEO of the RCMP Heritage Centre and the artist behind an installation that chronicles the history of residential schools. Alberta Aviation Museum seeking new volunteers to restore rare WWII fighter plane
Volunteers at the Alberta Aviation Museum are working to restore the Second World War Bell P-39 Airacobra, a rare fighter plane with a unique connection to Edmonton. Manitoba families minister 'deeply troubled' by recent comments, reflecting on her role in reconciliation | CBC News
Manitoba's families minister is speaking out about recent comments made by Premier Brian Pallister and Indigenous Reconciliation Minister Alan Lagimodiere, saying she is deeply troubled by the remarks. Sir John A. Macdonald statue removed from Kingston, Ont. park | CTV News
Dozens of people gathered to watch crews take down a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald in a downtown Kingston, Ont. park. As Tulsa digs for victims of the 1921 race massacre, victims say the road to justice is a long one
One hundred years and a day after one of the country's bloodiest massacres of the 20th Century, the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Tuesday will begin exhuming bodies possibly linked to the crimes. Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia
The remains of 215 children have been found buried on the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. Sir John A. statue in Charlottetown will stay, but he'll have some company | CBC NewsHistory | 203566 hits | 6:18 PM on Monday | posted by JaredMilne
The controversial statue of Sir John A. Macdonald in downtown Charlottetown will remain, but with some modifications. The mayoral feud that saw Edmonton compared to 'a clapboard outhouse'
It was a conflict that was ignited by the usual spark -- a difference of opinion on municipal property tax rankings. 'Queen of the North Atlantic:' N.S. schooner Bluenose launched 100 years ago |
The Grand Banks fishing schooner Bluenose was launched in Lunenburg, N.S., exactly one century ago. Alan Turing Honored As The Face Of The U.K.'s New 50-Pound Bank Note
The Bank of England unveiled the new £50 note on Thursday, nearly two years after saying it would honor the pioneering mathematician who died an outcast because of his homosexuality. MPs set to vote on motion to recognize Emancipation Day across Canada |
MPs will vote soon on a motion introduced by Liberal MP Majid Jowhari calling on Canada to officially recognize Aug. 1 as Emancipation Day — marking the date in 1834 when slavery was abolished in the British Empire. How Canadians Derailed a Train and Drove It to City Hall for Power After a Brutal Ice Storm
It tore up the roads but ultimately saved lives by providing power in a pinch. French museum pulls Genghis Khan exhibition after China objects to name 'Genghis Khan'
The French history museum calls the move an attempt at censorship and suppression of Mongolian culture and history Holocaust: New U.S. survey shows adults under 40 have 'shocking' ignorance of slaughter | National Post
More than one in ten of those asked had never even heard the word 'Holocaust' Labor Day's surprisingly radical originsHistory | 207513 hits | 5:39 AM on Monday | posted by BeaverFever
Canadian intelligence assessments of Iraq prior to U.S.-led 2003 invasion were on the mark: report
Canada's assessments of U.S. policy, Iraq's weapons capabilities, regional implications of an invasion and resulting instability proved to be generally on the mark COVID-19 pandemic stalls further exploration of Franklin wrecks
For only the second time in 12 years, Marc-Andre Bernier and his underwater archeology team at Parks Canada will not be heading north this month to explore the wrecks of the doomed Arctic expedition of Sir John Franklin and his crew.Egypt official invites Elon Musk to see pyramids after he claims they were built by aliens
A top government official in Egypt has invited U.S. billionaire Elon Musk to see the country's Great Pyramids of Giza after the Tesla CEO claimed that the historical landmark was built by aliens.
A top government official in Egypt has invited U.S. billionaire Elon Musk to see the country's Great Pyramids of Giza after the Tesla CEO claimed that the historical landmark was built by aliens.
Jenny Hocking: The Australian historian who took on the Palace and won
Australia's PM was sacked in 1975 under a murky legal decision which has only now been fully revealed. 'Cronk is the drink' old newspaper ads capture attention of Calgary researcher and twitterverse
What started as an amusing tweet by a Calgary researcher turned into a lively online debate about the nature and mysterious origins of a drink known only as Cronk. Last living survivor of Second Narrows Bridge disaster won't let pandemic stop him from honouring dead
Lucien Lessard, now 91, plans to be part of an annual ceremony commemorating those who worked on the Second Narrows Bridge, which collapsed on June 17, 1958. It remains one of British Columbia's worst industrial accidents. A decade after the end of World War Two, Canada built a jet which pushed technology to its limits.
A decade after World War Two, Canada built a jet which pushed technology to its limits. But its demise showed why smaller nations found it difficult to compete in the Jet Age.Back to Canada News
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