A team of scholars identified the oldest intentional human cremation, dramatically expanding what archaeologists know about early hunter-gatherer practices.

Jujutsu Kaisen’s Culling Game is a deadly battle royale. Can Yuji survive Kenjaku’s shifting rules and save Tsumiki?

Facing death is a core part of making meaning of one’s life. To struggle through this universal contemplation without a ...

Archaeologists discovered possibly the oldest known cremation pyre in Africa, clarifying the issues of cultural complexity of ...

Women who died in childbirth, young men who died in war, infants who died before baptism—these especially pitiable dead were ...

Evidence suggests ancient hunter-gatherers performed the first ever African cremation of a female sometime around 9,500 years ...

The oldest previously known funeral pyre in the world was discovered in Alaska and dates to approximately 11,500 years ago, but that cremation involved a young child rather than an adult. Some burned ...

County Fermanagh musician Róis draws on the faded Irish tradition of keening to shape her award‑winning album Mo Léan.

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Ryan Coogler detailed the original vision for Black Panther 2 ahead of star Chadwick Boseman's death from colon cancer at the ...

To the ancient Puebloans inhabiting the high desert centuries ago, the scarlet macaw parrot was considered a sacred entity.

Wayward's conclusion leaves Evelyn Wade's fate uncertain, but one thing is sure: she dies symbolically or literally at the end of the final "leap" cycle. Evelyn, who had received numerous injections ...