#Burial

What should happen to your body after you die? It's hardly a topic you'd bring up over dinner, but it's a decision that will eventually need to be made, either by you or by those you leave behind.

Archaeologists have uncovered the 1,500-year-old burial of an elite toddler from the Moche culture in Peru.

Archaeologists have uncovered the 1,500-year-old burial of an elite toddler from the Moche culture in Peru.

(The Conversation) — With fewer people to care for their ancestors’ graves, many in Japan are looking for innovative solutions.

New South Wales, Australia has approved human composting as an alternative to burial and cremation, with a two-year wait before bodies can legally be turned into soil

Archaeologists have discovered 1,200-year-old remains of Peru’s famous hairless dogs at an ancient Wari Empire burial site, including remarkably preserved mummies and puppies buried alongside humans.…

From Livescience RSS Feed: High-status Roman woman was buried in a lead coffin with jet hairpins and exotic resins, archaeologists find

Public pushback against the potential sale of a historic Māori burial ground on red-zoned land in Christchurch looks to have paid off.

We have been on a years-long campaign of satellite remote sensing of the vast desert landscapes in Eastern Sudan.

What might happen to a historic Māori burial ground on Christchurch red zone land may be known on Tuesday.

A study published in the journal Britannia analyzed coins and metal items found in an early 5th-century AD burial in Oudenburg, Belgium. The burial occurred around the same time that base metal coins ceased arriving in northwestern Roman Provinces (ca.…

From Independent RSS Feed: Your climate impact doesn't end when you die. More people are considering 'greener' death options

From Seattletimes RSS Feed: Your climate impact doesn’t end when you die. More people are considering ‘greener’ death options

The peopling of South America has long been debated, with various routes proposed for how they spread across the subcontinent. However, routes along the Atlantic coast were typically much younger than their Pacific counterparts, leaving a significant gap…

Excavation at a megalithic site in Virli Khandar could significantly contribute to understanding megalithic cultures in the region. What are the key findings from the site? What makes it distinct? What are menhirs? Here’s all you need to know.…

From Indianexpress RSS Feed: 2,500-year-old burial site with bizarre ‘upside-down’ pots discovered in Maharashtra’s Bhandara

Burial rights dispute between Barelvi and Deobandi communities cannot be treated as PIL, advises civil proceedings for resolution, says the Uttarakhand High Court.

An Ontario couple was shocked to receive a provincial order to investigate ancestral remains discovered on their property years before they lived there.…