Controversial proposal for water cremation facility next to the Żabbar cemetery suspended at the applicant’s request, as ...

The oldest known cremation pyre in Africa is shedding light on the complex funeral rites of ancient hunter-gatherers 9,500 ...

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

A crematorium in Enschede is set to conduct the Netherlands’ first trial of green hydrogen as a sustainable replacement for ...

THE Sanathan Dharma Cremation Society is campaigning for the right to perform traditional shrouded cremations, promising ...

Deciding how to say a final goodbye involves balancing deep personal values with practical realities. In recent years, the conversation around British funerals has shifted significantly as families ...

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 ...

About 9,500 years ago, a community of hunter-gatherers in central Africa cremated a small woman on an open pyre at the base of Mount Hora, a prominent natural landmark in northern Malawi, according to ...

Finding a cremated person from the Stone Age also seemed impossible because cremation is not generally practiced by African ...

A nearly 10,000-year-old pyre discovered in Africa has revealed the country’s oldest cremation. In a study published in the ...

The most terrible were those taken in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic: dozens and dozens of photographs of coffins piled ...

The oldest known cremation found in Africa, dating from 9,500 years ago, raises a question: Why were the remains burned in ...