A new study suggests that the people of ancient southern China and Southeast Asia practiced mummification by curing bodies over low, smoky fires.| The Debrief
LUDLOW, Vt. – The earth lost a gentle, sweet, loving soul when Bonnie Jane (Ameden) Adams left us on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. Bonnie found joy, beauty, and interest in the simplest pleasures of life. She was devoted to her … Continued The post Bonnie J. Adams, 1948-2025 appeared first on The Vermont Journal & The Shopper.| The Vermont Journal & The Shopper
GRAFTON, Vt. – Betty Joan (Johnson) Rounds died Sept. 23, 2025, after a brief illness, at the age of 82. Born on March 5, 1943, the youngest of five children, to Olin and Esther Johnson, in Springfield, Vt., she attended … Continued The post Betty J. Rounds, 1943-2025 appeared first on The Vermont Journal & The Shopper.| The Vermont Journal & The Shopper
Dealing with the dead and death is a topic that attracts scholars of every period. The universal question of transitioning from one state-of-being into the other represents a basic process applicable to every human being. As we all die one day and become part of the dead, their whereabouts and treatment will eventually affect every one of us. That is why this conference’s topic Necrogeographies of the Marginal Dead has a natural attraction to it because all of us will die one day and join...| Religion and Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations
Natural burial provides care for nature and a beautiful place to visit and and a natural legacy for much less than traditional cemeteries| The Natural Burial Company
It’s all over but the shouting for the legendary David Ormond Durling, who passed away in his sleep on Monday, July 28, at the age of 96.| The Vermont Journal & The Shopper
KEY POINTS Buhari will be buried in his hometown of Daura, Katsina State, with full state and Islamic rites. A military ceremony will be hel| The Nigerian Inquirer
A photo of two tombstones which mark the graves of Black settlers in Ontario. (William Felepchuk)| MOBA
Day Twelve Jay For two days we had only our evenings together. But I would know if Storm was on the fair’s ground or out riding the countryside, just as I knew without turning when the blue eyes we…| Writing Wrinkles, and Random Ramblings
Day Ten, Robin Kip went back into school for me, and I spent the morning at Cutler’s Forge. Ira’s body lay in the room that used to be our room. It would lay there now until its burning. They had f…| Writing Wrinkles, and Random Ramblings
Since its dedication in 1831, Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts has welcomed visitors to its many thresholds. It has most principally separated the living from the dead, as the country’s first cemetery. Americans beforehand had buried their dead in church graveyards and municipal burial grounds located within city limits. Such plots became overly expensive, […]| The History Bandits
“Enigmatic chemical reactions” have broken out underground inside two Los Angeles-area landfills, according to the L.A. Times. These “highly unusual reactions at Los Angeles County’s two largest la…| BLDGBLOG
“Enigmatic chemical reactions” have broken out underground inside two Los Angeles-area landfills, according to the L.A. Times. These “highly unusual reactions at Los Angeles County’s two largest la…| BLDGBLOG
This is part three (final) of the 2019 Black History Month series on two important sites- the African Burial Grounds in NYC and a tiny island called St. Helena. Sorry, it was delayed, but Black His…| The Rockstar Anthropologist
In the month of February, I was working on a series for Black History Month. Unfortunately, midway through the series, the Rockstar Anthro Pup, died. I took a couple weeks away from writing while w…| The Rockstar Anthropologist
This is part two of the 2019 Black History Month series on two important sites- the African Burial Grounds in NYC and a tiny island called St. Helena. In this second part, I’ll discuss the bu…| The Rockstar Anthropologist
The Royal Navy began to police the water for ships filled with enslaved people en route to the Caribbean and the Americas. Some of these ships were made to turn back, but they all didn’t go back to…| The Rockstar Anthropologist