A number of artifacts dating back 7,000 years—around the time that what would later become the Old Testament Bible was being assembled, according to historical estimates—were found on a parcel ...

The artifacts were originally excavated from the Madden's Hammock archaeological site in Miami Lakes but have been at at the University of Florida. Eighteen artifacts will be unveiled including ...

CLEWISTON, Fla. (AP) — For decades, Florida’s Seminole Tribe has been fighting to reclaim their ancestors who were stolen from burial sites across the state during the height of colonialism in ...

When the Spanish arrived in the 16th century, South Florida had about 20,000 Indians. By 1763 there were but a few hundred. Disease imported by Europeans had all but exterminated them.

Florida drought reveals Indian artifacts. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., June 5 (UPI) -- The drought in southern Florida has led to a major archaeological find on the bottom of Lake Okeechobee ...

Florida's humid climate long ago rotted away most of the tribes' intricately carved wooden masks and statues. Artifacts that can give the best picture of daily life — canoes, hunting tools ...

Tallahassee's tornadoes brought down countless large trees, leaving deep cavities in the earth, which might reveal ancient and historic artifacts. Extreme weather in Florida could help uncover ...

The Indian Mound Yacht Club takes its name from the ancient middens nearby on the banks of Lake Monroe. Florida’s early tribes often left behind artifact-filled mounds, called middens, where ...

TALLAHASSEE — Eleven people from Florida and two from Georgia have been charged in what state investigators called a criminal conspiracy to sell artifacts stolen from state-owned lands in Florida.

Today, the sinkhole is filled with about 30 feet of water, and it took divers equipped with head-mounted lights to look for artifacts. It was "as dark as the inside of a cow, literally no light at ...