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Nigel Rudolph and others in his field argue that burial grounds serve the living more so than the dead, justifying the need for their discovery and protection. Florida lawmakers are recognizing this in the upcoming legislative session.

The conventional wisdom was the famed explorer headed west after that famous 1539 Christmas Mass in what would become Florida's capital city. But new excavations indicate he headed much farther north than anyone thought.

A study finds the oldest evidence of using fire to cook, dating back to 780,000 years ago. Scientists think learning to cook was a big step for evolution, because it helped early humans fuel their bigger brains.

Founder Gwendolyn Reese has long desired to share the city’s African American history online. The coronavirus pandemic helped put the project in motion.

More than a hundred, mostly retired, part-time musicians from around the country gathered last week in Sarasota to revive what some fear is a dying art –…

The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago, ending an era of Cold War division between East and West, democracy and communism. At a time when U.S. culture is…

By Carrie PinkardTampa celebrated its 132nd birthday on Monday.Instead of cake and candles, the city marked the occasion by opening the doors to Old City…

This week on Florida Matters we focus on the places and events that make Plant City special, like the Plant City Photo Archives and History Center.It is…

This week on Florida Matters we focus on the places and events that make Plant City special, like the Plant City Photo Archives and History Center.It is…

The history of the Gulf of Mexico is often times relegated to the footnotes in history textbooks.It’s a wrong that historian Jack Davis said he hopes to…

The Ybor City Chamber of Commerce is using renewed relations between the Obama Administration and government of Cuba to re-establish the link between the…

The 1950's marked the birth of Levittown, TV dinners, and kitchen automation--not to mention about 3.8 million babies per year. Another innovation that…