Archaeologists have discovered lavish and grisly burials the world over.
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Ashes to ashes, dust to dust -- unless of course you've been embalmed, buried in a steel and hardwood coffin and interred in a concrete vault. For some people, the luxurious excess that accompanies traditional burial is no longer appealing.
A green burial requires fewer resources and skips unnecessary steps; they also tend to be less expensive. Here's everything you need to know.
Capsula Mundi, an innovative company revolutionizing traditional burial methods, is making strides with its unique "tree burial pods."
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Photos of the amazing stone structures, dating back thousands of years, that were discovered in the Western Sahara.
Straight out of a science fiction novel, it's perched ever-so delicately atop a rock formation in the heart of the Ardèche region of France, as if it just touched down from another galaxy. Its lively forms are no accident; the octopean abode is a rare example of the movement known as Architecture-sc
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Named for an ancient burial ground dating back to the 6th century AD, where the oldest conserved beeswax candles north of the Alps were found, Oberflacht i
A traditional Filipino funeral. The loved one who passed away is kept in the living room of his or her house, as people from far and near visit, reflect and pay their respects. This photo was taken on the night before burial, when there were many visitors, a video crew and a band playing traditional Ilocano music.
The ancient puppy's collar had a bell on it.
The cemetery can be a grim place. Hulking tombstones and mausoleums serve as a constant reminder of the passage of time and our own mortality. But one Italian initiative is out to change all that, and what its creators have in mind might grow on…
Italian designers Anna Citelli and Raoul Bretzel redesigned the traditional coffin into an organic burial pod to help bring modern society closer to nature.
An isotopic analysis of megalithic graves and caves in Spain may suggest the existence of a degree of differentiation in the lifeways of people buried in these different funerary sites - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News
Statue of a saint damaged by the sea air, Parish of St. Hilda, Hartlepool England
Wandering this ancient burial place offers a glimpse of the afterlife in the fresco-adorned tombs of an ancient Etruscan civilization.
A Dutch startup has created a fully biodegradable mycelium, eco coffin – and orders are flooding in amid rising demand for green burials
This restaurant is proud to be built atop a burial ground.
Instead of a cemetery, you could visit a memorial forest.
Elephant burial rituals have been discovered in India, with herd members placing calves upside down in irrigation pits then covering the bodies with soil.
Not everyone can get fired from a cannon, and not everyone wants to be buried in a coffin. Capsula Mundi, a project from Italy, is the penultimate hippie solution for burial: an organic pod for the deceased that has a tree planted on top of it.
The genome of a boy who died in central Siberia 24,000 years ago sheds light on the origins of Native Americans.
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America’s militarisation of the western Pacific island threatens its ecosystem, culture and history, a plea before the UN argues
Tibetan sky burial ritual is one of the most unique culture we have develop over centuries. Different people have a different view of this
How a body is treated after death has large effect on the deceased person's onward journey. This article tells the benefits of cremation vs burial.
Tucked away in a 14th-century encyclopaedia and bestiary is an oath written alongside a black cross. The person who made it had borrowed the book, and identified themselves as ‘abestetrix', echoing the Latin ‘obstetrix’, meaning ‘midwife’. (Another hand has glossed this as 'heifmoeder’.) Midwifery was as vital in the medieval...
Straight out of a science fiction novel, it's perched ever-so delicately atop a rock formation in the heart of the Ardèche region of France, as if it just touched down from another galaxy. Its lively forms are no accident; the octopean abode is a rare example of the movement known as Architecture-sc
Capsula Mundi, an innovative company revolutionizing traditional burial methods, is making strides with its unique "tree burial pods."
