New research shows northwest African communities actively shaped connections and exchange between many cultures.
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Prehistoric humans were emotionally and socially sophisticated in how they handled death, and the archaelogical evidence at Arene Candide proves it.
Burial and cremation come with some pretty major environmental problems. Both involve huge amounts of energy, resources and pollution.
A ritual and funerary landscape is emerging in northwestern Africa, revealing connections with the Mediterranean, Atlantic and the Saharan regions.
Next-of-kin often feel pressured to make hasty funeral arrangements. Most contact a funeral director and tee up a conventional service plus burial or cremation. But what are the other options?
Novelist Mary Shelley kept the heart of her deceased husband, the poet Percy Shelley, in her desk drawer.
A new study unlocks the mysteries of ancient burial marker trees made by Wiradjuri people in southeastern Australia.
A technique called portable X-ray fluorescence has helped Egyptologists identify changes and adjustments to details of tomb decoration that are invisible to the human eye.
Burial land is running low in certain parts of the world. It’s about time we started to consider the environmental cost of our final resting place.
As late as 1970, only about 5% of Americans chose to be cremated. In 2020, more than 56% Americans opted for it.
Researchers are using modern forensic techniques to find the bodies of victims of civil conflict in Latin America.
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Professor of Accounting, University of Sydney
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Honorary Professor of Accounting, University of Wollongong
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Research Associate, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge
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Wiradjuri Traditional Custodian, and Aboriginal Communities Officer at Central Tablelands Local Land Services, Indigenous Knowledge
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Adjunct Lecturer in Forensic Sciences, Murdoch University
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Lecturer in Forensic Science, Keele University
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University
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Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi Traditional Custodian, Indigenous Knowledge
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Lecturer in Forensic Anthropology and Biology, Keele University
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Reader in Forensic Geoscience, Keele University
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Senior Lecturer in Egyptology, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor of English, University of Northern Iowa
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Research Associate, The University of Melbourne
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Researcher Professor, Universidad Antonio Nariño
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Associate Professor of Forensic Science, Murdoch University