Children and adults alike stopped by a goat petting zoo, tested their skills with outdoor yard games, and watched colorful creations come to life through balloon art. Kids got hands-on with crafts ...

MESA, Ariz. (AZFamily) — It’s an exciting weekend in Mesa! For the first time in 30 years, the community is getting a brand new, full-service public library. The Gateway Library is now open and there ...

The British Museum is well placed to refer to the discovery of the Library of Ashurbanipal as “one of the most important” archaeological finds of all time. Almost everything we know about the Assyrian ...

Wisconsin officials recently announced the discovery of a trove of ancient canoes in an underwater "parking lot" of sorts — including one that predates the Pyramids of Giza. The Wisconsin Historical ...

In 2021, archaeologists unearthed the remains of a 1,200-year-old dugout canoe from a lake in Madison, Wisconsin. A year later, they found a second canoe in the same lake—and this time, the vessel was ...

16 ancient canoes have been discovered in Wisconsin's Lake Mendota over the past four years. Researchers theorize that ancient Indigenous peoples may have bioengineered oak trees to make them more ...

Wisconsin Historical Society archaeologists have identified 16 ancient canoes in Lake Mendota, including several discovered this year. The oldest canoe dates back around 5,200 years, offering insights ...

If the library system in the Canadian city of Hamilton, Ontario, handed out fines for overdue books, the one for a recently returned tome titled “The Excellent Woman” would be a whopper. The Victorian ...

Working with Sissel Schroeder, a UW-Madison professor who specializes in Native American cultures, and preservation officers with the Ho-Chunk Nation and the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, ...

Fifty-four years ago, Donald Isaacs made his first visit to the Bellevue Library. Isaacs, accompanied by his parents, was 4 years old the day he walked into the library at 11501 Main St. He still ...

The main floor of the century-old library is expected to reopen in 2026 following remediation and accessibility upgrades. Library services at the location remain suspended until the project is ...