Located in the Zagros mountains in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, Shanidar Cave served as an important place for ...

Archaeologists in the Czech town have discovered a rare site dating back to the Middle Paleolithic period around 126,000 ...

While new studies have reinforced the idea of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens admixture in Europe, the picture in South Asia ...

In its purest sense, a green burial—also called a natural burial—entails wrapping an unembalmed human body in an eco-friendly, biodegradable shroud and burying the body in a natural setting in a ...

Amazing ancient discoveries from around the world unearthed in recent years. From Iron Age hoards and rare biblical ...

Jan. 7, 2025 — A newly described dinosaur whose fossils were recently uncovered is challenging the existing narrative, with evidence that the reptiles were present in the northern hemisphere ...

The church of Saint Ignatius in Rome (or San Ignazio) has become a viral selfie location. Tourists have been queuing out the doors for a chance to take a selfie in a mirror that reflects the ...

With a direct cremation, there are no costs for funeral home events or embalming because the deceased is brought right to the crematorium. The cost of funeral arrangements prior to a burial averages ...

Ironically, given the urban wildfire wiping out huge areas of Los Angeles, man’s control of his environment began with the “domestication of fire” by Homo erectus about a million years ago. And the ...

The Sutton Hoo burial mounds did not contain items from esteemed royals, according to a bombshell new theory that could finally conclude an 85-year-old mystery. The burials are a collection of ...

For decades, it was thought those interred at the Anglo-Saxon burial mounds of Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, were lavish Kings buried with their riches. But a leading Anglo-Saxon expert has now suggested ...