 This week, learn all about lacrosse 🥍, newly found cemeteries in NJ ⛼, mastodons 🐘, rock art 🎨 and an old fishing rod 🎣🐟! The Native American origins of lacrosse By Lesley Kennedy for History More historic burial grounds for African Americans discovered in New Jersey By Ricardo Kaulessar for NorthJersey.com What lies beneath Warren County? Mastodons, apparently. By Steve Novak for lehighvalleylive.com Rock art found near Canada's Wanuskewin Bison Jump By Archaeology (photo below courtesy of Wanuskewin Heritage Park) Archaeology breakthrough after discovery of ancient human fishing rod: 'Amazing' By Joel Day for Express Daily UK 
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 This week, learn about fun with 3-D art 🎨, seeing the past in color 📸, a cemetery gone wild ⾋, a boy finding his Native roots 👪, and an ancient cloth 👚! Looking for a road trip? Check out the Tilt Museum at American Dream By News 12 Staff New book enlivens vintage photographs of Jersey Shore By Tom Wilk for New Jersey Monthly (photo above courtesy of Local Color/Down The Shore Publishing) This historic Brooklyn cemetery shows us a future without lawns By Ryan Goldberg for Popular Science 11-year-old learning about history of Native Americans in school takes a step further to learn more about their culture By Emily Adams-Bentley for Times Tribune What was ancient clothing like? See one of the oldest pieces of cloth in the world By SciTechDaily (photo courtesy of Antoinette Rast-Eicher, University of Bern)   This week, learn about an incredible battleship 🚢, a cool NJ mine 💎, a scuba diving discovery 🛶, a hidden passageway 🚪, and an Egyptian king’s temple 👑! Exploring one of the greatest battleships in history: The USS New Jersey By Geoffrey Morrison for C/Net The Sterling Hill Mining Museum is a must-visit for an adventure in time By Eva Grall for Hoboken Girl (photo above courtesy of sterlinghillminingmuseum.org) A Wisconsin archaeologist was scuba diving for fun. She found a sunken 1,200-year-old canoe. By Sophie Carson for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Property developer discovers secret passageway behind bookshelf in 500-year-old house By David Kindy for Smithsonian Magazine Archaeologists uncover decorated blocks from King Nactanebo I temple By Nevine El-Aref for ahram online (photo below courtesy of Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities)   This week, learn about yummy chocolate candies 🍫, a place to find dinosaur bones 🦎🦴, a cool basketball jersey 🏀, live artifact digging 🔎 , and old cave art 🐢🐍 M&M’s the world’s most famous candy is a part of NJ History By Big Joe Henry for New Jersey 101.5 Rowan University’s new fossil museum sits within an active dinosaur fossil dig By David Malone for Building Design +Construction Nets ‘City Edition’ uniforms pay tribute to New Jersey roots By Net Income for Nets Daily Museum offering public opportunity to watch archaeologists in action By Victoria College Media Office for Victoria Advocate Telangana: Mesolithic rock art site discovered in Rajanna-Sircilla By Vivek Bhoomi for The New Indian Express (photo below courtesy of The New Indian Express)  |
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