Archaeological Burial Practices
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Palmyra's burials are unique. Situated outside the city walls, they show the changes in burial practice over the city's history and reflect Palmyran beliefs in life after more...
Etruscan burials included both inhumation and cremation. Their tombs are also a major source of information about Etruscan culture. more...
Types of Minoan tombs varied across the different regions of Crete. Whether a cave burial or a, chamber or tholos tomb, one thing that they all shared was the communal n more...
The Vix burial tells us much about trade, links with other cultures and the standing of women in early Celtic society more...
Archaeologists have established the health, social status, even the last meal and cause of death of this Cheshire bog body. However, why he died is a matter of debate. more...
Preserved by the acid, oxygen free conditions in peat bogs, bog bodies reveal a great deal about life in the Iron Age. But were they ritual sacrifices or murder victims? more...
Desiccated by freezing temperatures, the Qilakitsoq mummies provide fascinating information about their lives amongst the Inuit but little about their deaths more...
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New Clues to Stonehenge Mystery
By:
Rupert Taylor
The latest discovery in the vicinity of Stonehenge in England points to the original landmark being connected to funerals. more...
Ocher and Prehistoric Burial Practices
By: Rebecca Morris
The use of ocher in prehistoric burial practices throughout the world shows the cultural significance that hematite had in mortuary practices among early peoples. more...
Tombs of the Orkney Islands, Scotland
By: Jennifer Walker
Five thousand years ago, at the extreme north of Scotland, people lived, farmed and died, housing their dead in elaborate stone tombs, covered with earthen mounds. more...
Human Sacrifice in Ancient America
Ancient American Civilizations live in some infamy for their alleged practices of human sacrifice. more...
By: Jenn Ostrowski
Although Egypt is known for its mummies, many other cultures around the world practiced mummifying their dead. more...
Death and Preservation in the Ur Elite Cemetery
By: Robyn Gillam
New research focuses on human sacrifice in the elite cemetery of Ur, in sourthern Iraq, ancestral home of Abraham, and one of the great centres of Sumerian culture more...
Human bones from a spectacularly sited neolithic tomb on Orkney produced unique information about the rigours of prehistoric life. more...
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