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Ancient burial ground containing the bones of 350 people squashed into tiny circular graves is unearthed on a train station construction site in Japan Osaka City authorities have been surveying ruins in the area for three decades The so-called ‘Umeda Tomb’ is one of seven historical grave sites within the city Experts believe the site … Read more
Dead girl, 12, ‘wakes up’ while family clean her body for burial in Indonesia, before ‘dying again’ an hour later in front of doctors Siti Masfufah Wardah opened her eyes, re-gained a heartbeat and moved The 12-year-old’s body had been taken for burial from a hospital in East Java After doctors rushed to her home … Read more
The UNCLEAN green grass of home: Flytippers dump sofas and fridges among mountain of junk on Welsh beauty spot that is 4,000-year-old Bronze Age burial ground Gelligaer Common is home to burial cairns linked to the legend of King Arthur The site near near Caerphilly, South Wales, is a designated historic landscape Locals are horrified: ‘I have … Read more
Vandals smash two graves marking Bristol burial site of African slave and scrawl ‘put Colston’s statue back’ on paving nearby – 10 days after toppling of city’s controversial memorial to 17th century trader The headstones mark the burial place of African slave Scipio Africanus Chalk message in the churchyard suggested the vandalism was in revenge … Read more
Vandals daub ‘put Colston’s statue back’ on two graves marking Bristol burial site of African slave – 10 days after toppling of city’s controversial memorial to 17th century traders there The headstones mark the burial place of African slave Scipio Africanus Chalk message in the churchyard suggested the vandalism was in revenge Police are currently … Read more
Roman board game unearthed in Norway burial pit dates back 1,700 years ago, consisting of dice made of bone and 18 circular pieces that were used by a person of significant status Archaeologists uncovered a complete Roman game board in Norway The artifacts are some 1,700 years old and are used to play a military tactic … Read more
Vogue cover star Lily Cole rose to prominence with her distinctive red hair and long slender legs, but when it comes to saving the world, her famous assets are nowhere to be seen. The 32-year-old from Devon shared a picture of herself buried in pebbles on a beach near the Aeolian Islands to raise awareness … Read more
Valuable stone axes discovered at a 6,000-year old hilltop burial site in Germany suggest Neolithic societies were not as egalitarian as previously thought The two rare weapons were found at a tumulus site west of Frankfurt in the 1880s Experts have linked them to a burial mound recently found at the neolithic site The presence of … Read more
An ancient tomb believed to be the final resting place of the legendary ‘wolf-suckled’ King Romulus – the founder of Rome – has been unveiled to the public for the first time in a series of new images. The tomb was uncovered in the Roman Forum during recent excavations and its discovery supports a long-standing theory … Read more
An ancient tomb believed to be of the final resting place of the legendary ‘wolf-suckled’ King Romulus, the founder of Rome, has been unveiled to the public for the first time. The tomb in the Roman Forum is thought to be the resting place of the city’s legendary founder Romulus and has been revealed in … Read more