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Burt Reynolds’ ashes are placed at Hollywood Forever Cemetery … more than two years after his death By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 05:40 GMT, 12 February 2021 | Updated: 05:40 GMT, 12 February 2021 Burt Reynolds’ ashes were placed in a lakeside grave at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles on Thursday. … Read more
That’s a grave insult! Trainee cemetery workers mistakenly dig practice plot at beauty spot Contractors dug a hole in the middle of a field of ‘irreplaceable ecological value’ Easthill Field, in Frome, Somerset is home to wildlife and endangered dormice Activists fighting to protect the field from developers were ‘intensely upset’ By Gregory Kirby For … Read more
An Anglo-Saxon burial ground has been discovered on a plot of land earmarked to become University of Cambridge accommodation. Excavations at the site revealed more than 60 graves which date back to a similar period as the famed Sutton Hoo site, around 400-650AD. Many of the newly-discovered burials contain grave goods such as bronze brooches, … Read more
Excavations of a massive Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Northamptonshire have revealed thousands of beads and brooches, along with weapons, textiles and other goods. Experts from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) uncovered the burial site at Overstone Gate amid preparations of the 15 hectare area for construction. Over the course of 12 months, the team identified 154 Anglo-Saxon … Read more
Prince Harry seems to have made a sudden U-turn about how acts of service should be carried out, preaching that ‘service is what happens in the quiet… when people aren’t watching’ – just days after he and wife Meghan Markle were slammed for turning Remembrance Day into a ‘tasteless publicity stunt’. While discussing the military … Read more
Death isn’t always tragic, at least not in this Romanian cemetery, where the dead beguile visitors with tales of their lives. The Merry Cemetery in the north-western village of Sapanta is a collection of more than 1,000 elaborate wooden Orthodox crosses etched with colourful epitaphs and childlike drawings. There are few secrets in this small … Read more
Arnold Schwarzenegger expressed dismay Wednesday at the turnout in Los Angeles National Cemetery where veterans and certain eligible family members are buried. The 73-year-old former California Governor was ‘upset’ to see that on Veterans Day there were ‘only like 20 people walking around’ the graveyard, he said on Twitter. He sharply contrasted the cemetery to … Read more
A Viking ship burial, feast hall and cult house have been found by archaeologists in Norway without having to dig into the soil – only using ground penetrating radar. The discovery was made by experts from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) at Gjellestad in southeastern Norway. Gjellestad is home to the Jell Mound, … Read more
A grenade has exploded and caused ‘numerous casualties’ at a First World War remembrance ceremony in Saudi Arabia attended by British diplomats. One Greek official and a Saudi guard were among four people injured at the service hosted by the French consulate at a non-Muslim cemetery in Jeddah. An unidentified man was arrested after throwing … Read more
Multiple people injured in explosion during remembrance service at Saudi Arabian cemetery for non-Muslims By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline Published: 10:59 GMT, 11 November 2020 | Updated: 10:59 GMT, 11 November 2020 Multiple people have been wounded in an explosion at a Remembrance Day service at a non-Muslim cemetery in the Saudi capital of Jeddah. … Read more