A 9,500-year-old funeral pyre uncovered in a rock shelter in northern Malawi is forcing archaeologists to rethink when and ...

The oldest known cremation pyre in Africa is shedding light on the complex funeral rites of ancient hunter-gatherers 9,500 years ago.

A generation ago, burial was the default and cremation the exception. Today, the roles are rapidly reversing. By 2035, 80% of ...

More and more Americans are choosing to move away from the traditional burial process after they die. Most are now deciding to get their bodies cremated, though some say the practice is too harmful to ...

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 ...

According to the Cremation Association of North America (CANA), 56 percent of Americans who died in 2020 were cremated. That's more than twice the rate two decades ago. From The Washington Post: ...

Green burials have caught on as people look for eco-friendly ways to handle their remains. Water cremation is another way and ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the world’s earliest intentional cremation of an adult human known till date in Malawi, a ...

Near the equator, the Sun hurries below the horizon in a matter of minutes. Darkness seeps from the surrounding forest.