Archaeologists excavating in the French Riviera have uncovered a massive Roman cremation cemetery. Careful work at the site ...

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The gender of the human remains found inside a cremation pyre pit in Beisamoun, Israel remains unknown. What is known is that the individual was a young adult injured by a flint projectile several ...

Hundreds of black-clad mourners have lined the streets of central Bangkok at the start of an extravagant five-day funeral for Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died over a year ago. For millions ...

A small-scale model of the intricately constructed throne where the actual cremation will take place for the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in October 2017. Amanda Mustard Construction of the royal pyre ...

Archaeologists in France have uncovered a 1,700-year-old ancient Roman funerary area, including burials with libation conduits hilariously akin to today’s watering spikes.

In what once functioned as an ancient Roman city focused on trade and thermal baths in the south of France, archaeologists have unearthed graves thought to offer new revelations related to Roman ...

CRESTONE, Colo. – Belinda Ellis' farewell went as she wanted. One by one, her family placed juniper boughs and logs about her body, covered in red cloth atop a rectangular steel grate inside a ...

After a controversy over tyres and mattresses being used on a funeral pyre at the Odhav municipal crematorium, the Ahmedabad ...

Jaipur: In a bizarre incident, a man lying on the pyre in the cremation ground in Jhunjhunu showed life signs just before the last rites, however, he died 12 hours later on the way to Jaipur. Taking a ...

A man in Jaipur delayed his mother's cremation over silver bangles. He lay on the pyre, demanding his mother's jewellery. Villagers and family attempted to persuade him to move, but failed. A man in ...