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The Ancient Tombs of Palmyra: Tower Tombs and Hypogeum Burials in Ancient Syria

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Etruscan Tombs: Evidence of Etruscan Life and Death from Etruscan Burials

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

New Clues to Stonehenge Mystery: Scientists Find a Second Stone Circle Close to the Original

By: Feature Writer Rupert Taylor

Minoan Burial Types and Tombs: Ancient Graves and Burials on Minoan Crete

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Ocher and Prehistoric Burial Practices: The Use of Hematite in Mortuary Customs

By: Rebecca Morris

Tombs of the Orkney Islands, Scotland: The Archaeology of Early Neolithic Burial Practices

By: Jennifer Walker

The Princess of Vix: A High Status Wagon Burial of the Early Celts

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Human Sacrifice in Ancient America: An Overview of its Cultural Importance

By: Alex Graham-Heggie

Mummies From Around the World: A Brief Introduction to Worldwide Mummies

By: Jenn Ostrowski

Death and Preservation in the Ur Elite Cemetery: Sumerian Culture and Funeral Ceremonies

By: Robyn Gillam

The Tomb of the Eagles: Lifestyles and Diseases of Neolithic Orkney

By: Ian Arthur Colquhoun

Lindow Man: The Life and Death of a Bog Body

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Bog Bodies: The Mummies of Northern Europe’s Peat bogs

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Qilakitsoq Mummies: Natural Ice Mummies found in Greenland

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Takla Makan Mummies: The Mummies of the Tarim Basin

By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Shaft Graves at Mycenae: Grave Circle A and Grave Circle B

By: W. Hommel

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