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Macbeth's castle unearthed in Inverness garden? LOCAL history enthusiasts believe they have unearthed positive evidence that a former King of Scotland maintained a castle in Inverness. Tradition has persisted that Macbeth had a stronghold at Auldcastle Road in the Crown area of the city - hence the name. Now an archaeological dig by members of the Inverness Local History Forum in the garden of the appropriately-named house Dun Macbeth has uncovered what could be the most important finds to date. Some artefacts, including pieces of medieval glass and what are thought to be whalebone and porpoise or dolphin bones have...

<p>Gary Bowyer, an archaeologist with the BLM out of Carson City, and Dana McGowan, from Sacramento, use screens to separate dirt from possible artifacts Tuesday at the site where it is believed members of the Donner Party camped during the winter of 1846.</p>

<p>Archaeologists using ground-penetrating radar might have pinpointed the site of the lower camp of the Donner Party about 30 miles west of Reno and might have found the evidence of cannibalism that has eluded researchers for 150 years.</p> <p>Artifacts dug up two weeks ago still are being examined, scientists said, but archaeologists located what might be a campfire pit in the area of Alder Creek near Truckee. They also found a bone fragment of a large mammal that bears the butcher marks of an ax.</p>

<p>PBY-5: Seaplane with seven aboard is thought to have fallen in 1942.</p> <p>A search team from a U.S. Army lab that recovers the remains of American military service members arrived at Kiska Island on Friday morning to excavate the crash site of a World War II bomber possibly untouched for more than six decades.</p>