(AP) A massive electronic database detailing the burial sites of hundreds of thousands of people at Arlington National Cemetery is now accessible to the public. Cemetery officials built the database ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Robbyn Abbitt, Miami University (THE CONVERSATION) If you told me a decade ago that ...

Across the United States, there is a significant number of forgotten burials of unmarked and lost graves. Geophysical techniques, including ground penetrating radar (GPR), are required to ...

If you told me a decade ago that I’d become an expert in mapping cemeteries, I would’ve laughed and been very confused about the dramatic turn my professional life must’ve taken at some point. I’m an ...

Robbyn Abbitt receives funding from local entities that manage the cemeteries that have been mapped. She works for Miami University. If you told me a decade ago that I’d become an expert in mapping ...