There may have been another reason for lodging a stone into the jaws of the dead, as seen in a burial in Venice in the 16th ...

A volunteer minister at the Chapel and School Room Church, in Woodham Ferrers, near Chelmsford, said the loss of the plan ...

However, Neanderthals tended to bury their dead deeper in caves, whereas H. sapiens were buried in cave entrances or rock ...

A joint Egyptian-American mission of archaeologists has been shocked after unearthing 11 sealed burials in a tomb, near South ...

Egypt's Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said in a statement the ancient tomb dates back to the Middle Kingdom.

Green burials, where the person is buried in a wicker basket without embalming, can reduce one's ecological footprint after death.

At least, it was the first in modern history, said Brandon Schmidt, supervisor of the city-run cemetery on Central Avenue. Of ...

More than a week after surging torrents of muddy water ravaged Spain, flooded cemeteries are making dignified burials for ...

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Six Michigan veterans whose remains went unclaimed for a number of years received their proper military burials Friday.

The City of Tulsa held a memorial service and provided several updates amid the ongoing search for victims and descendants of ...

According to the Green Burial Council, the funeral industry uses 4.3 million gallons of embalming fluid, 1.6 million tons of ...