Neolithic skeletons were not buried; they were simply placed around the north wall of the cave, surrounded by some burial goods. Their extremities were bent; corpses’ extreme foetal positions indicate ...

A Roman necropolis with more than 3,000 tombs has been uncovered beneath Zadar, Croatia, revealing centuries of burial ...

Excavations by a group of archaeologists at prehistoric burial cists in Pathanamthitta have shed further light on megalithic culture, including the burial rituals and the concept of afterlife. A ...