Oldest known cremation pyre in Africa reveals mysterious woman who lived 9,500 years ago

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

Earliest African cremation was 9,500 years ago

Archaeologists have discovered Africa’s oldest known cremation pyre at the base of Mount Hora in Malawi. According to a paper ...
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9,500-Year-Old Headless Skeleton Is New World’s Oldest Known Cremated Adult

Within Africa, there is evidence of burned human remains at a 7,500-year-old site in Egypt, although these are not associated ...

Africa's oldest-known cremation raises a historical mystery

The oldest known cremation found in Africa, dating from 9,500 years ago, raises a question: Why were the remains burned in ...
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Africa’s oldest cremation site found, 9,500 years old

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

Germans Build Huge Funeral Pyre to Incinerate Polish Jews, Underground Reports

An indication of the scale on which the Nazi massacres of Jews are still being carried out in Poland is given in a report received from underground sources by Emanuel Szerer, a Jewish deputy in the ...
Reuters

Thailand to begin building late king's funeral pyre next year

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will begin building the funeral pyre for late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died last month at the age of 88, next year, the government said on Monday, adding 8,000 people ...