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Lithuania scraps planning by Jewish groups to convert sports complex into Jewish heritage site
AJC said that the decision “raises serious questions and casts a shadow over Lithuania’s stated commitment to Holocaust memory and Jewish heritage.”
Vandals deface Holocaust memorial in Polish Jewish cemetery with anti-Israel, Nazi graffiti
Tour de France chaos: Fans trample graves, 11 bikes stolen
Lost cemetery? Tourists find human remains on Edisto Beach, South Carolina
Over 100,000 bodies: Largest slave burial site in Latin America found in Brazil
The site may be the largest cemetery of enslaved people in Latin America and could be recognized as the 'Archaeological Site Cemetery of the Africans'.
Archaeologists uncover 4000-year-old cemeteries and rock art in Tangier Peninsula
Discovery reveals complex funerary traditions in a little-known Mediterranean region.
Miniature black juglets reveal Iron Age burial practice in Jerusalem cemetery
Israel Antiquities Authority paper records 49 black-fired vessels in a single Mamilla tomb and tracks their decline across the late eighth to early sixth centuries BCE.
Archaeologists uncover ancient Roman horse cemetery with over 100 horses in Stuttgart
Archaeologist Sarah Roth explained: "Here we see a particularly close bond of the owner to his horse. Even after about 1,800 years, the grief over the death of this one animal is still evident."
Leave politics out of Remembrance Day - opinion
Remembrance Day exists for the entire people – one day a year when the nation collectively expresses gratitude to the fallen and stands in solidarity with the families left behind.
How antisemitic vandals unwittingly delivered a message of hope to the world - opinion
When our people are defaced and defiled, we shine through as a holy and spiritual nation – a people who stand by each other in the face of hate and emerge stronger in spite of it.
Rabbinical Court denies woman's cremation request, orders Jewish burial
The court ruled that the woman was not competent to make decisions regarding her body or inheritance, invalidating the will and ordering that her remains be transported to Israel for burial.
Archaeology students excavating Warsaw’s main Jewish cemetery are uncovering a forgotten world
In the last few years, a new form of life has come to the cemetery. Young people stand in between the gravestones, chattering, laughing, and digging with shovels.
Fragments of the world's oldest runestone uncovered in Norway
Dating between 50 BCE and 275 CE, the Holesteinen reshapes understanding of early runic writing.
4,500-year-old warrior cemetery discovered near Förderstedt
One burial contained a 15 cm vessel, part of the bell-shaped ceramics that gave the culture its name, placed with food for the afterlife journey.
Bow, horn plate, a silver hair ring: 10th century female warrior tomb found in Hungary
Researchers identified the first known female burial mound in the Carpathian Basin from this period.
