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Africa's oldest-known cremation raises a historical mystery
The oldest known cremation found in Africa, dating from 9,500 years ago, raises a question: Why were the remains burned in ...
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9,500-year-old cremation site is challenging what we know about early human burial practices
The 9,500-year-old remains were discovered to be of a woman who was between 18 and 60 years old when she died. According to ...
At 9 p.m. on New Year’s Day, Samantha Sieber was in her pajamas and watching a movie with her kids when the first call about Desmond Tutu came in. “I answered my cell phone, and it was BBC World News, ...
On December 6, 1876, in the tiny village of Washington, Pennsylvania, an Austrian-born immigrant named Baron Joseph Henry Louis Charles De Palm became the recipient of what is described as the first ...
MESA, Ariz. - Headlines were made last week when it was revealed human rights activist Desmond Tutu wasn’t cremated, but he was aquamated. A new type of cremation that uses water and is supposedly ...
Sandra Burnum's brother was dying of cancer, and to help the family prepare, she inquired with the funeral home in his small Oregon town about the cost of a cremation. The price, which included ...
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 ...
When Robert Boetticher, Jr., was in mortuary school in the 1980s, his teachers barely mentioned cremation. And that mindset was reflected in the funeral homes he managed in California the following ...
A funeral worker has shared an insight into her industry—including what's left over after a cremation. Jordan, from Tuscan, Arizona, has been sharing videos online under what she's dubbed "mortuary ...
Malawi offers rare insight into rituals of ancient African hunter-gatherer groups ...
Cremation is now the most popular option for final disposition. Cremation was used in 54 percent of deaths in 2019, according to the National Funeral Directors Association. They project that to rise ...
Cremation is commonplace in cities, but many rural communities view burials as an essential rite for the dead. Read more at ...
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