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

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 ...

Archaeologists have discovered Africa’s oldest known cremation pyre at the base of Mount Hora in Malawi. According to a paper ...

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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 ...

PROVIDENCE – A bill to allow the composting of human remains and a method of dealing with bodies known as water cremation passed the House for the second year in a row on May 29, but this time with a ...

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

Read more about the cremation of a mysterious women 9,500 years ago, telling a more complex story of how hunter-gatherers ...

LAFAYETTE (AP) – In a suburban Denver warehouse tucked between an auto repair shop and a computer recycling business, Seth Viddal is dealing with life and death. He and one of his employees have built ...

that funerary practices are “a significant environmental issue,” with traditional American burial practices (embalming, placement in a usually metal coffin then vaulted and buried) consuming too much ...

LAFAYETTE, Colo. — In a suburban Denver warehouse tucked between an auto repair shop and a computer recycling business, Seth Viddal is dealing with life and death. He and one of his employees have ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LAFAYETTE, Colo. (AP) — In a suburban Denver ...