Environment
The dead are about to be buried as 'natural decay' in Washington
The people of Washington state may be the first people in the United States to be allowed to handle dead bodies in the form of natural decay or cremation in an alkaline…
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1001 mystery
Mysterious stone grave area on Chinese cliffs
Xinhua reported that archaeologists discovered more than 100 graves buried in cliffs near Tan Kien village, Hung Van district, Sichuan province, China. They have not det…
Archeology
Ancient antiquities of 'Romeo and Juliet' were discovered next to each other
Recently, archaeologists excavated the 5,000-year-old tomb in Karaganda (Kazakhstan) and discovered something very interesting.
Archeology
The funeral rite of cremation was almost 10,000 years ago
The study, conducted by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the University of Sao Paulo, shows that these complex funeral rituals were performed f…
Archeology
The coffins hang mysteriously in Sichuan
In the rocky mountains of Gongxian, Sichuan, China has a graveyard formed on vertical cliffs, where wooden coffins are hung in the air with 2-3 wooden bars.
Science invention
Patent on coffin won Silver Award for creativity
The thought of disaster alone was horrifying enough, but the problems that need to be overcome are even more complicated and difficult.