SAN ANTONIO – A monumental discovery has been made in the San Antonio Zoo, confirming the exact quarry that provided the limestone to build the Alamo and solving a mystery spanning centuries. The ...

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Highbridge Materials Consulting, Inc., tested the limestone and verified the quarry, located on the far west side of the San Antonio Zoo, was the primary source of the stone used in the 1700s to build ...

SAN ANTONIO — On the 189th anniversary of the Battle of the Alamo, even more history was announced related to the iconic landmark. To stream 12NewsNow on your phone, you need the 12NewsNow app. A ...

A team of international anthropologists got hold of an engraved image that dates back almost 38,000 years. The remarkable discovery was made in a rock shelter located in the southwest of France. This ...

Apr. 16—ATHENS — Limestone County is one of only three counties in Alabama that provide grave excavation services, including for livestock, and one commissioner questioned whether the county should do ...

The discovery of a pristine Roman coffin in the heart of modern Budapest offers an unusually intimate glimpse into life and death on the empire’s distant frontier. Archaeologists working on a large ...

San Antonio Zoo renovations have solved a long-standing mystery about the Alamo and its origins. The zoo confirmed the exact quarry that provided the limestone used to build the Alamo over 300 years ...

After the central government gave permission for the excavation of limestone at three places of Bhimphedi Rural Municipality, the locals here are worried about the risk the quarry would pose to their ...

Archaeologists uncovered a third major ancient fort in the northern Sinai Peninsula. The Tell Abu Seifi site offered prime protection of Egypt’s eastern border. Limestone-paved roads and a moat were ...