The remains of a 14th century teenager, believed to have been beheaded on charges of witchcraft and buried in unconsecrated ground, has been laid to rest in a proper funeral...700 years after her death.
The girl, named Holly by archaeologists because her remains were found beneath a holly bush, had had her head laid at her side, a sign that she might have been suspected of witchcraft. picked by bingo 8 months ago

For more than four thousand years since their violent deaths they have lain together - a mother, father and their two boys.

They are, say archaeologists, the earliest known example of the nuclear family, carefully buried side by side, perhaps by grieving relatives or friends. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Two sisters and the brother who killed them with a kitchen knife will share a single funeral service and be buried together. A sad update picked by suebe 8 months ago

A wristwatch buried in the ice at the North Pole three years ago was found by a boy more than 1,800 miles away after it floated ashore on the Faroe Islands. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

Investigators think a Vancouver man may have been accidentally buried and killed while he was digging for treasure in Clark County. picked by muppet 2 years ago

One species of burrowing frogs can survive for years buried in mud without food and water. New research has figured out how the frog and other "super-sleeper" animals do it. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Using his bare hands, Michael Keller knew he didn’t have much time to rescue a teenage girl who had been buried nearly up to her neck when tons of dirt and sand came crashing down from a Pacifica cliff to the beach below. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

A 10-year-old boy is in critical condition at Children's Hospital in Seattle after being buried in a backyard sandbox by his playmates. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Turns up what may be the earliest case of cancer ever found there.

/Side note: I visited the museum where that Viking burial ship is exhibited. Awesome. picked by suebe 2 years ago

Felix is a 12 year old cat who ended up buried in the collapse of Cologne's city archive, but has now been reunited with his owner. picked by pocksucket 8 months ago

According to a fascinating report printed in the London Telegraph in 1880, a man was buried ‘in a condition of apparent death’ for 40 days and survived. No tricks or tomfoolery were involved, so how did he do it?(Hmmmm, no tomfoolery) picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

A mummified baby that a family held onto for decades, believing it was a long-lost relative, was buried Tuesday, but the family said they didn't get the closure they hoped for because by the time they arrived at the cemetery, it was already buried. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Two days after a small boy was found dead, buried in the sand at an Albuquerque playground, investigators focused Sunday on finding the child's relatives.
A preliminary autopsy on Saturday provided no immediate clues about how the 3- to 5-year-old child died. picked by bingo 7 months ago

Ignorance of the risks of transmission mean that people with HIV and AIDS are being buried alive by their relatives in Papua New Guinea. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

The spectator said he was passing along a confession from a Dartmouth graduate whose only caveat was anonymity. While a student in the early 1960s, the man revealed he had stolen a cannon and ammunition carriage from the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, Vt., and transported it back to Dartmouth as a college prank. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

A couple have married more than 50 years after getting engaged as childhood sweethearts. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

An elderly Japanese businessman buried 2.8 million pounds in his garden for safekeeping only to find it dug up by a thief picked by topofall 10 months ago

Roadworks in southern Greece have unearthed a rare Mycenaean grave thought to be well over 3,000 years old and containing important burial offerings including a gold chalice. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

If compasses were around a million years ago, they would not have pointed toward North. That's because the Earth's magnetic field likely underwent a reversal 800,000 years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Archaeologists have solved an ancient mystery surrounding the famous Easter Island statues.
At 2,500 miles off the coast of Chile, the island is one of the world's most remote places inhabited by people.
Up to 1,000 years ago, the islanders started putting giant red hats on the statues. picked by kakana 3 months ago