Teeth, grave wax, and some nylon threads ... spilling all that fluid onto the coffin floor. By that night, an even more troubling process begins in the gut. Your dying immune system can no ...

Archaeologists Uncover a Medieval Grave With Remains of a Woman and a Fetus, Burial Offers a Rare Example of 'Coffin Birth' ...

The coffin was so heavy in part because it was ... including what may have been a young woman's dowry. "One grave of a young woman contained a collection of valuables, all laid at the feet of ...

A Roman-era cemetery, found ahead of a construction project in England, holds an unusual burial at its center.

Just why the Romans did this, though, remains a mystery. The experts that made the discovery found that the natural properties of gypsum hardened and formed a plaster-like casing, creating imprints of ...

It became more common, especially in Europe, for the relatives of the deceased to watch over their graves and many means of prevention were developed, such as iron coffins, grave alarms and more ...