GPR, a non-invasive geophysical method that uses radar pulses to image the subsurface, allowed archaeologists to detect ...

Death in the Middle Ages wasn’t just an end – it was a constant presence and a deeply spiritual journey. In this video, we explore how medieval people understood death, from last rites and burial ...

New research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided ...

Emese Gábor, a facial reconstruction specialist, spoke to Fox News Digital about a recently discovered skull that she ...

Áspero also included a number of huacas (or temples) such as Huaca de los Ídolos, which functioned as a burial site for prominent community members. In 2016, archeologists discovered the remains ...

Ruins of a medieval church have been investigated by archaeologists ... As part of the work 317 skeletons and 83 brick burial vaults were recorded. They are all thought to be dated from 13th to 18th ...

Although soldiers from the world’s smallest army are officially a purely ceremonial force and wear colourful medieval-style costumes ... Corriere reports the burial will be a private ceremony ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it reflects his “humble, simple and essential’’ life ...

Sister Genevieve and Pope Francis first met in 2005 when she traveled from Rome to Buenos Aires for the burial of her aunt Alessandro Di Meo/ Pool Photo via AP An 81-year-old French nun who was ...

Travis Gettys is a senior editor for Raw Story based in northern Kentucky. He previously worked as a web editor for WLWT-TV and a contributing writer for the Kentucky Enquirer, and he also wrote ...

Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, the former archbishop of Los Angeles, will participate in the closing of the pope’s casket at St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday evening and in his burial at the Papal ...