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Burial prices in Iran skyrocket by up to 50% after Tehran council approves new tariff - report
For a 10 km journey, families will now need to pay 9.75 million rials, not including the costs of ritual washing, the shroud, cold storage before burial, and gravestone installation.
Rare, intact ancient Roman burial unearthed during excavations in eastern Croatia - report
Settlers dig up Palestinian grave near Sha-Nur, forcing family to relocate burial
Evidence of human sacrifice, inbreeding found at ancient Korean burial complex - study
Archaeologists discover mass Chuquibamba Culture grave in Peru
Anthropological analysis suggests all individuals died from traumatic injuries, indicating they were victims of armed conflict.
Roman mass grave discovered on Vienna outskirts reveals 150 soldiers from first-century battle
"The mass grave in Simmering is the first physical evidence of combat actions from this time and points to the localization of a battle in the area of present-day Vienna.'
Bavarian archaeologists uncover war graves depicted in 1551 painting
The five bodies found belong to young soldiers of Charles V's army, discovered with a boot fastener and four small silver coins dating from the 16th century.
Mass grave of Nazi victims found at Hartheim Castle in Austria
From May 1940 to November 1944, about 30,000 people, including disabled individuals, mental patients, prisoners, and laborers, were killed in gas chambers at Hartheim Castle and burned.
Researchers uncover 2,100-year-old mass grave of dismembered Han soldiers in southern Mongolia
DNA tests confirm remains are of soldiers linked to modern Han and northern Chinese populations.
Thief steals 5,000-year-old 500kg megalith from Immekath I grave
In addition to the seized stone from the megalithic grave, investigators discovered on the property of the convicted individual eight other stones arranged in a circle.
Graves of ‘Eaves children’ found surrounding lost medieval Church of St. Godehard
As archaeologists began excavations at the site, they unearthed at least 30 graves of infants and young children, including newborns, buried outside the church's sanctuary and in mass graves.
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.
Iraqi authorities exhume remains of over 100 Kurdish women and children from mass grave
