Burned bone fragments found in northern Malawi have revealed the oldest cremation pyre ever found in Africa — and unearthed new mysteries that may be hard to solve. By analyzing the bones and pyre ...

Archaeologists working on one of Britain's biggest digs have been amazed to find the remains of an ancient funeral pyre. They made the discovery during excavations ahead of the building of the ...

Archaeologists in southwestern France have uncovered a Roman cremation site so lavish that it forces a rethink of how wealth, status, and memory were displayed on the fringes of the empire. At the ...

The 9,500-year-old remains of a woman in Malawi have set a new record, marking Africa's oldest evidence of intentional cremation, as well as the earliest known cremation pyre for an adult that is ...