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

A 9,500-year-old funeral pyre uncovered in a rock shelter in northern Malawi is forcing archaeologists to rethink when and ...

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

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 ...

Within Africa, there is evidence of burned human remains at a 7,500-year-old site in Egypt, although these are not associated ...

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 ...

A team led by University of Oklahoma anthropologist Jessica Cerezo-Román and Yale University anthropologist Jessica Thompson ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the world’s earliest intentional cremation of an adult human known till date in Malawi, a ...

A small-scale model of the intricately constructed throne where the actual cremation will take place for the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in October 2017. Amanda Mustard Construction of the royal pyre ...

The Funeral Pyre endured a pretty massive tragedy earlier this month. They were on the road with tourmates Early Graves when a van accident took the life of Graves' vocalist Makh Daniels. Both bands ...

A coffin burns on a funeral pyre, as relatives wail their grief. It looks like a scene from the banks of the Ganges but this was a field in Northumberland yesterday afternoon. The traditional Hindu ...