Grave

'Man the Hunter' challenged: Stone Age graves show women buried with toolkits too

Published in PLOS One, the Stone Dead Project finds many grave tools were unused or broken, suggesting ritual offerings across the eastern Baltic at a site with 330 burials from 7,500–2,500 BC.

Stone age tools.
Gold jewelry excavated from the ancient tombs of Eunseon-ri and Dogye-ri.

Gold rush in Korea’s graves: Eunsun-ri & Dogye-ri tombs yield ornaments and pottery

Schlosskirche Buch organ.

Archaeologists discover grave of second wife of Prussian king Frederick William II

 Vlad the Impaler and Count Dracula

Has the real grave of Dracula been found – in a surprising location?


Ireland experts to begin identification of 800 dead children in home for unmarried mothers

Irish forensic and archeological experts will begin the excavation of a church-run home for unmarried mothers where it's believed almost 800 children died.

 Heavy machinery is used for excavation work at the site of the Tuam graveyard, where the bodies of 796 babies were uncovered at the site of a former Catholic Church-run Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home, in Tuam, Ireland, July 7, 2025.

Netanyahu visits grave of brother Yoni, killed during 1976's Operation Entebbe

This is the 49th anniversary of Yoni's death, after he was killed in action during Operation Entebbe in 1976, a hostage rescue mission at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. 

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the grave of his brother Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.

Do Jewish and Muslim leaders engage in metaphysical battles on the astral plane?

This desecration in Damascus, Syria occurring just before Rav Vital’s yahrzeit cannot be dismissed as mere coincidence. This as a deliberate act perpetrated by those who harbor ill will toward Jews.

 A SyrianAir Airbus A320-200 waits to take off to Aleppo, on the tarmac of Damascus International Airport, 2020

Haredi Jews protest construction site over alleged ancient burial ground

Haredi Jews protested a Yehud building over possible ancient graves. Police acted. Tombs were found; the origin was unknown, and 300 homes were planned.

 Ultra orthodox Jewish men protest at construction site in Yehud, claiming the construction site is on Jewish graves, on May 27, 2025.

Archaeologists reconstruct life of 'Ice Prince of Mattsies' from frozen grave in Germany

Everything inside the grave suggests prestige and cultural connections that exceeded local borders.

 Archaeologists reconstruct life of 'Ice Prince of Mattsies' from frozen grave in Germany.

Paleontologists uncover massive Pachyrhinosaurus grave at Canada's 'River of Death'

Researchers believe a catastrophic flood wiped out the Pachyrhinosaurus herd.

 Paleontologists uncover massive Pachyrhinosaurus grave at Canada's 'River of Death'.

Bronze Lion-Head Coffin Handles with Rings Mounted Above the Mane Found near Ibreika

First-known example of overhead ring placement suggests handles were designed as lifting grips for Roman-period wooden coffins, not decorative door knockers.

 Reconstruction of the lion-head discs as handles to carry a wooden coffin.

IDF locates body of soldier who died in 1949, was buried as part of mass IDF grave

A ceremony will be held in Rehovot, at which Gessner's name will be added to the headstone of the collective burial site containing all three bodies, the IDF confirmed.

 Private Arthur Gessner, who fell in combat in April 1949.

Danish burial mound destroyed and passage grave defaced with graffiti

Culture minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt calls acts 'a disgrace without equal' and 'a lack of respect for our common history'.

 Danish burial mound destroyed and passage grave defaced with graffiti.

Mass grave from Greek Civil War discovered in Thessaloniki

City officials are taking steps to conduct DNA testing on the remains and are inviting families of the missing to provide their genetic material.

 Mass grave from Greek Civil War discovered in Thessaloniki.

Archaeologists find nine kneeling skeletons at Quỳnh Văn site in Vietnam

Some graves contained jewelry made from shell and sea snail shells, indicating residents had developed beliefs and craftsmanship skills.

 Archaeologists find nine kneeling skeletons at Quỳnh Văn site in Vietnam.