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NICOLA STURGEON s Alex Salmond crisis could damage the party s reputation in Scotland as the SNP hopes to win a majority in Holyrood s May elections. ....
Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Last year, ground-penetrating radar revealed that a purportedly empty cemetery in Clearwater, Florida, might not actually be empty. To longtime residents of the area, it wasn’t exactly news. As Smithsonianreports, the North Greenwood Cemetery opened in 1940 and provided burial plots for members of Clearwater’s Black community until 1954, when the city decided to build a high school and a pool on the land instead. Officials relocated 350 graves several miles north, to Parklawn Memorial Cemetery, but some locals maintained that unmarked graves were never exhumed. Now, researchers from the Florida Public Archaeology Network have teamed up with development company Cardno to excavate any remains that may have been neglected. So far, they’ve unearthed evidence of 29 graves. ....
Premium Content Subscriber only Mackay council workers have mobilised to clean up the region s cemeteries after wet weather sprouted long grass over the summer months. Walkerston resident Joan Hamilton said she noticed the cemetery off the Peak Downs Highway was overgrown when she visited during the Christmas period, and questioned what was being done about it. Mrs Hamilton said the Walkerston grounds were overgrown, and was similar to Mackay Cemetery on Cemetery Rd. Mackay Regional Council development services director Aletta Nugent said staff regularly monitored and maintained the region s cemeteries. ....
Thousands of relics discovered at Xi an metro construction site (+ Photo) Thousands of relics discovered at Xi an metro construction site (+ Photo) Beijing, Feb 19 (Prensa Latina) A total of 1,576 cultural relics and 1.356 ancient tombs have been discovered on a metro line construction site in northwest China´s Xi´an City, local media outlets reported on Thursday. The Shaanxi News newspaper reported that the 50-kilometer-long line is the only driverless loop line in the city. The relics and ancient tombs found on Changming Road where a train depot for the line is being built were from Sui and Tang Dynasties (581-907), and the number of discoveries could increase. ....
Thousands of ancient tombs found near Xi an By ZHAO XINYING | China Daily | Updated: 2021-02-18 09:36 Share CLOSE An archaeological excavation site near the third phase expansion of Xi an Xianyang International Airport in Xi an, Shaanxi province. [Photo/Chinanews.com] The recent discovery of thousands of ancient tombs on the site of an airport expansion project in Shaanxi province has surprised netizens. According to a microblog post on Monday by the Shaanxi Provincial Administration of Cultural Heritage, more than 3,500 ancient tombs of different dynasties have been discovered on the construction site of the third phase expansion of Xi an Xianyang International Airport. The airport is in Xianyang, a city about 25 kilometers from downtown Xi an, the capital of Shaanxi. ....