She was thrown onto a bed of bones—an Iron Age sacrifice so haunting, her skeleton left archaeologists stunned in silence.
Archaeologists in Germany’s Bavaria have unearthed an elaborately constructed but empty circular stone grave they suspect to ...
Monrovia-A group of local casket makers under the banner of the Liberia Casket Union has accused St. Moses and other Funeral Homes of engaging in ‘‘monopolistic and coercive’’ business practices that ...
Archaeologists have uncovered compelling evidence of an ancient ritual burial beneath a Silla Dynasty tomb in Gyeongju, South Korea, revealing what appears to be the remains of a man buried alive ...
The National Funeral Directors Association says the cremation rate in the United States could potentially exceed 80 percent ...
This issue of protecting Black cemeteries first came to popular attention in 1991, when the African Burial Ground in downtown ...
From grave robbing to road construction, a cemetery in Richmond, Va., reveals the long pattern of Black Americans burying ...
One of the long-held customs involves taking the body back to the deceased’s home and allowing it to “spend the night” in the ...
The news of the death of a Luo elder is broken by his first wife, who goes wailing to inform the community of the passing of ...
On February 11, 2023, in the quiet village of Umiru in Siaya County, a chapter in Luo tradition quietly closed. As the late ...