Burial

As works get under way at a huge burial mound at Ancient Amphipolis to structurally reinforce the site, the Culture Ministry’s general secretary Lina Mendoni indicated on Tuesday that those who built the massive tomb “had taken measures to avert tomb raiders.”

Regional authorities in Central Macedonia, where archaeologists are excavating a large burial mound that has sparked intense media interest and captivated the public’s imagination have asked the government to increase security at the site. The request was made during a meeting on Thursday between Governor Apostolos Tzitzikostas and Public Order Minister Vassilis Kililias.

The Church of Greece’s Holy Synod on Wednesday objected to the creation of crematoria at parish cemeteries in a potential setback to efforts by local authorities in Athens and Thessaloniki to facilitate the practice in Greece.

A 19-year-old man has killed his fiancée after learning that she was not a virgin during a trip to the western province of Sakarya.

The murderer, identified only as K.A., went to the district Police Department in Istanbul’s Beylikdüzü district on July 8 to confess that he had murdered his fiancée, N.T., and buried her in a Sakarya forest on July 6.

BELGRADE - The remains of 20 victims of Serb nationality, who died in Croatia during the conflict in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, were identified in the presence of their family members at the forensic medicine institute with the School of Medicine in Zagreb on Wednesday.

The mayors of Athens and Thessaloniki, Giorgos Kaminis and Yiannis Boutaris, have joined forces in an appeal for cremation to be allowed in Greece, an option that has been enacted by law but never fulfilled amid opposition from the Church of Greece, among others.

A team searching for the lost remains of Miguel de Cervantes has detected potential burial sites under a convent in Madrid and wants to excavate to verify whether the creator of Don Quixote lies under the centuries-old building.