Conservation Research Laboratory

A team of anthropologists developed an acid solution to remove a mysterious substance growing on the 18th century bronze cannon.

The long-forgotten trading vessel was unearthed in Alexandria and shipped to Texas A&M for extensive study and preservation.

Preserving such artifacts help to tell accurate stories behind historical events, officials say.

Jay O’Brien earned a Regional Emmy Award in the Texas Heritage category from the Lone Star chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, whose General Land Office manages the Alamo, called the event an “important milestone in preserving Texas history."

Around the time this canoe glided over the Red River in what is now northwestern Louisiana, which was most likely the 14th century, the harsh weather of the Little Ice Age was beginning and a Great Famine was ravaging Europe.