Farm outside Charlottesville welcomes living and dead to natural burial ground On 20 acres in the far northwest corner of Panorama Farms in Earlysville, the dead are laid to rest without metal ...

The Zambian government has won a last-minute court order stopping the private burial of former President Edgar Lungu in South Africa. Members of Lungu’s family attended the court hearing around ...

The burial site contains 30 graves filled with rare artifacts, including an ornate casket believed to have belonged to a prominent woman, archaeologists said.

Mysterious boat burial practices on the desert's edge: Study sheds light on ancient Xiaohe funerary rites by Sandee Oster, Phys.org ...

Archaeologists in Norway have unearthed a peculiar and extremely rare Viking burial of a high-status woman who was buried with her pet.

In honor of the return and burial of 19 African American skulls used in racist research, New Orleans hosted a multifaith memorial service.

New Orleans celebrated the return and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls had been sent to Germany for racist research practices.

New Orleans celebrated the return and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls had been sent to Germany for racist research practices in the 19th century.

A recent study by Dr. Angelina Locker published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology implemented bioarchaeological methods to determine if the secondary burial remains found within a non ...

A 1,500-year-old bucket discovered in England has been identified as an ancient cremation burial vessel, experts said. The 6th-century bucket was found at Sutton Hoo, an archaeological site near ...

Archaeologists working in the Tangier Peninsula of Morocco have uncovered three ancient burial sites, one of which dates back roughly 4,000 years, in one of the area's first major discoveries.

4,500-Year-Old Burial in Peru Reveals Exceptionally Well-Preserved High-Status Woman The woman—with skin, hair and nails still intact—belonged to the little-known Caral civilization, which ...