The 9,500-year-old remains of a woman in Malawi have set a new record, marking Africa's oldest evidence of intentional ...

Ancient African hunter-gatherers cremated a woman 9,500 years ago, revealing complex rituals and challenging assumptions ...

Archaeologists working in Malawi say they have uncovered the world’s earliest known intentional cremation of an adult human, ...

The oldest previously known funeral pyre in the world was discovered in Alaska and dates to approximately 11,500 years ago, but that cremation involved a young child rather than an adult. Some burned ...

Within Africa, there is evidence of burned human remains at a 7,500-year-old site in Egypt, although these are not associated ...

"No matter how many times Union Home Minister Amit Shah visits Tamil Nadu, it will not bring about any political change in the state," he said.

OVER 300 graves have been discovered at one of the UK’s largest Roman cemetries. Ahead of major road works, a 21-mile stretch ...

A SCANDAL-HIT superhospital is facing a new mix-up row after a grandmother’s body was handed over to the wrong undertaker.

The average cost of a traditional attended funeral jumped 5.3% to £4,510 last year, research shows – the biggest annual ...

Mrs R said her mother’s ashes were not treated with ‘dignity and respect’ after they were sent via an unnamed EU country ...

A Linn County man who had multiple dogs seized from his property after a local boy’s death is a stepbrother of the former ...

Sherrie Hewson, who starred as Solana Hotel manager Joyce Temple-Savage in the beloved ITV sitcom, disclosed that she gets ...