Burial

Scientists have compiled the world’s oldest family tree from human bones interred at a 5,700-year-old tomb in the Cotswolds, UK

“Imagine taking a pile of metal five times larger than the Big Island of Hawaii and burying it underground”

It had been previously thought that the burial held the remains of a lone child

The unannounced low-key reburial of the remains of some 108 people dug up 15 years ago in south Albania - incorrectly identified as Greek soldiers - has added to ill-feeling in a long-running dispute.

So far, a total of 139,710,707 cases of coronavirus have been registered. According to the Worldometers website, the number of active cases is close to 18,000,000.

Rome, Italy: cemeteries packed, protests of undertakers

Once huge funerals these days are mostly attended only by a small circle of close family members and friends, who have to observe social distancing measures.

The funeral processions are now done in the shortest time possible, and in some countries, police monitor the burials to make sure everyone obeys the rules.

The Missing Persons Institute of Bosnia and Herzegovina said that a collective funeral will be held at Vedro Polje stadium in the village of Hambarine near Prijedor on July 20, and the victims' bodies will then be buried at locations chosen by their families.

WARSAW, POLAND—A team led by Agnieszka Tomas of the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Warsaw excavated two graves found near Novae, a Roman legion camp in northern Bulgaria, according to a report in Science in Poland.

"I hope you never have to experience anything like it, my dears." A friend's mother passed away recently. Up until her death, when she was more than 90 years old, she had insisted that her body be cremated, having gone through the painful experience of burying her father's remains when she was 40. The family obliged, transporting her body to Bulgaria, where she was cremated.

The remains of 14 victims of Serb nationality, killed during armed conflicts in Croatia in 1995, have been identified in Zagreb, Croatia.

This was announced on Tuesday by the Serbian Government's Commission on Missing Persons.

According to a statement, the remains had been exhumed in Gornje Seliste, Vrbovljani, Sibenik, Zadar and in other locations.