The Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society invites community members to a free event uncovering the historical Chinese burial customs of Santa Barbara, 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 4 at the Santa ...

Death is a shared commonality of the human condition, yet the rituals that attend it vary significantly across cultures and religions. The one commonality is that while the nature of death itself does ...

The High Court in Kakamega has ordered the body of a man be buried in front of his permanent house after staying in the morgue for four years. The body of Philemon Samoei Imbayi had been confined at a ...

On a recent gray day, the earth next to the Islamic Garden at National Memorial Park near Falls Church was upturned for expansion. There, deceased Muslims are often propped on one shoulder inside ...

Archaeologists working deep within China's Xinjiang province have discovered over 200 ancient tombs which date back to the Warring States period as well as the Qin and Han dynasties, according to a ...

'Atiqot / עתיקות, כרך‎ 117, The Archaeology of Death (2025), pp. 247-268 (22 pages) This study examines textile remains preserved on metal objects retrieved from burial contexts in western Upper ...

Archaeologists have revealed fascinating insights into a "unique" burial dated to more than 1,000 years ago. The burial in question (referred to as No. 63) lies in a 10th-century cemetery containing ...

Nelson Mandela will be laid to rest on Sunday in an elaborate ceremony combining a state funeral and all its military pomp with the traditional burial rituals of his Xhosa clan to ensure he has an ...