Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. Archaeologists have dug up a huge burial site that could change what the world knows about the Viking times. The excavation of a large Viking-era ...

Archaeologists in Denmark have unearthed more than 50 “exceptionally well preserved” skeletons in a large Viking-era burial ground in the east of the country. A team from Museum Odense have ...

Sediment analysis and dating of ceramics found around the burial site indicate the children lived around the 13th century. Superstitious beliefs were prevalent during the Middle Ages and people ...

Finding a Viking Age burial ground of this size is rare, in part because Scandinavian soil doesn't preserve skeletons well. An extraordinary Viking burial ground with the almost-complete skeletons ...

A new book charts the history of pet cemeteries and honors the universal experience of grieving an animal companion Rachel Nuwer When a little Maltese named Cherry died of old age in 1881 at home ...

Department of Veterans Affairs' burial allowances are cash allowances paid to an eligible veteran's family to help defray burial and funeral costs. VA will pay a different amount depending on ...

Known as New York City’s public burial ground, Hart Island is the final resting place for more than 1 million souls who died in poverty or were homeless, their bodies unclaimed, or during ...

Russia is running out of cemeteries and crematoriums, a State Duma Deputy Chair has said, amid Pentagon estimates that Moscow has suffered more than 600,000 deaths in its war with Ukraine.

The result: increased survival rates in avalanche burials over the past four decades. "Up until 1990, 43.5% of buried victims survived; now, it's 53.5%," explains Simon Rauch, the study's lead ...

A list of selected affiliate partners is available here. Burial insurance is a type of permanent coverage that allows you to pay for end-of-life expenses, like a funeral, a cremation or medical bills.

According to the National Funeral Directors Association, the average cost of a funeral with burial in 2021 was nearly $8,000; the average cost of a funeral with cremation was nearly $7,000.