Archaeologist Geórgea Layla Holanda examines a funerary urn found beneath a tree in the Brazilian Amazon. Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development / Márcio Amaral Beneath the roots of a ...

The urns may have been deposited in the floor of a house, as was typically part of local funerary traditions. According to researchers, the deceased were typically left in a basket in the water ...

A tree fell in the Amazon—and revealed mysterious urns of ancient human remains Archaeologists still don’t know who buried the urns or exactly how old they are.

Is that purifying?” he added. The ongoing SIR has become a thorny issue in Bihar, with the NDA and the INDIA bloc at daggers drawn as much as the two sections of media.

Archaeologists discovered the lost ancient city of Imet in modern-day Egypt’s eastern Nile Delta. Included within the find were multi-story “tower” homes showing the urbanization of the area ...

In a quiet but historic turn, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party announced its official dissolution during its 12th Congress in May 2025. After more than four decades of armed conflict with the Turkish ...

Artistic coffins and elaborate wakes. Photographs of Ghana’s flamboyant funerals are featured in a new book.

Gas Workers Digging Beneath the Streets of Lima Stumble Upon 1,000-Year-Old Mummy With Dark Brown Hair The burial belonged to a child who may have lived among fishermen from the Chancay culture ...

A novel depicting yakuza gangster life by a Japanese author has won a prestigious British award for crime fiction.

When the Saja Boys appeared on screen for the first time, dressed in floor-length black hanbok and wide-brimmed hats casting shadows over pale, painted faces, K ...

Explore the 26 new UNESCO World Heritage sites of 2024—ancient forts, fairy tombs, rainforests, and more—plus key expansions of iconic natural parks worldwide.