Death is a shared commonality of the human condition, yet the rituals that attend it vary significantly across cultures and religions. The one commonality is that while the nature of death itself does ...

The Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society invites community members to a free event uncovering the historical Chinese burial customs of Santa Barbara, 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 4 at the Santa ...

Ongoing archaeological excavations in Hisardere, located in the Iznik district of Bursa, Türkiye, are shedding new light on ...

Archaeologists working deep within China's Xinjiang province have discovered over 200 ancient tombs which date back to the Warring States period as well as the Qin and Han dynasties, according to a ...

On a recent gray day, the earth next to the Islamic Garden at National Memorial Park near Falls Church was upturned for expansion. There, deceased Muslims are often propped on one shoulder inside ...

The High Court in Kakamega has ordered the body of a man be buried in front of his permanent house after staying in the morgue for four years. The body of Philemon Samoei Imbayi had been confined at a ...

Raila Odinga Junior assumed leadership of the Odinga home following a traditional ceremony held at the family’s residence in Bondo on Thursday.The event, led by his uncle Dr Oburu Oginga, marked a ...

The Luo council of elders chairman Mzee Odungi Randa has supported the decision to inter the late Raila Odinga at his ancestral home in Kang’o Ka Jaramogi, Bondo, describing it as culturally rightful ...

Most people don’t want to openly talk about dying or death, but life has a 100% mortality rate and we’ll all inevitably have some version of a funeral. Given the inevitability of death, we all have ...

Swedish archaeologists recently found an "unusual" Viking-era coffin dating back over 1,100 years. The discovery was announced by Arkeologerna, an archaeological organization affiliated with the ...