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

A scientific paper, published in the journal Science Advances, describes a spectacular event that happened about 9,500 years ...

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

At Mount Hora, archaeologists discovered the oldest human cremation in Africa and the oldest in situ adult pyre in the world.

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 ...

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

Archaeologists discover human remains by pyre in recent excavation in Malawi, suggesting hunter gatherer societies attributed ...

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 ...

A devout Hindu lost his battle today for the legal right to be cremated on a traditional open-air funeral pyre. Spiritual healer Davender Ghai, 70, told a High Court judge that a pyre was essential to ...

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 ...