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Trove Of Ancient Egyptian Artifacts Uncovered Across More Than 60 Burial Sites

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Wednesday that a huge amount of ancient artefacts had been discovered in more than 60 burial sites. A team led by the Supreme Council of Antiquities unearthed 63 different milkbrick graves and “several simple burial sites” in the city of Damietta on the northern Mediterranean coast, the […]

World’s oldest wine discovered in ancient Roman burial site

The world’s oldest known wine bottle was recently discovered in a Roman cemetery in southern Spain, according to a study published this week. The wine is kept in glass jars inside an ancient mausoleum in the Andalusian town of Carmona, where it has remained untouched for almost 2,000 years. A jar containing a reddish liquid. […]

Burial Set After Pearl Harbor Sailor’s Remains Identified

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Monday that they identified the remains of an American sailor who perished during the Pearl Harbor attack. The DPAA said in a press release that they identified the sailor as Navy Fireman 1st Class Everett C. Titterington who served on the battleship USS Oklahoma on that fateful day […]

‘Our culture is dying’: vulture shortage threatens Zoroastrian burial rites | Pakistan

With the rapid decline of vultures in India, Iran and Pakistan, traditional Zoroastrian burial rites are becoming increasingly impossible. For thousands of years, Parsi communities have traditionally disposed of their dead in facilities called . Dakuma, Or “Tower of Silence.” These circular high-rise structures are designed to protect the soil and the sacred elements of […]

Archaeologists Confused Over Bizarre Discovery Of Animal Burial

Archaeologists are still perplexed by a March report regarding a bizarre sixth-century burial uncovered in Hungary. Archaeologists uncovered a strange burial at a 1,500-year-old settlement, containing the remains of a lynx along with four dogs, according to a study published in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. The 4.6 foot-deep burial pit held the lynx skeleton […]

Colorado funeral home owners spent cremation, burial money on lavish purchases

A couple accused of abandoning nearly 200 bodies at a Colorado funeral home they owned said they used the money to pay for cremations and burials, including a vehicle, virtual currency, a $1,500 dinner in Las Vegas and other personal items. be done. FBI agent Andrew Cohen told a packed courtroom Thursday that John and […]