Archaeologists excavating remains from Asylum Hill Cemetery on the UMMC campus have unearthed a rare, fully preserved cast ...

Tucked away on the northeast side of University of Mississippi Medical Center's campus in Jackson is a patch of trees which has been left untouched — and for the most part forgotten — for the better ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Using just their hands and small shovels to remove soil one scoop at a time, archaeologists have begun the arduous task of ...

In the late 1800s, asylums functioned largely out of public view. Doctors alone could decide who was committed, and once inside, patients had almost no way to argue their case or secure release.