burial rites

German archaeologists accidentally found an area they called

The ancients have performed various funeral customs in order to safely send the soul of the deceased to the afterlife.

A Mexican archaeologist found a large amount of liquid mercury under a Mayan pyramid in Teotihuacan, America's most mysterious ancient city.

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 from 9,500

Archaeological experts discovered the remains of a woman buried in the ancient tomb of the Siberian king.

Recent archaeologists excavated many graves of double burial or family burial in Siberia, dating back about 3,500 years.

Archaeologists in the Czech Republic have discovered a set of remains dating back 5,000 years to the body of a man but were buried in a manner commonly used for Stone Age women.