BLACK HISTORY MONTH: NYC’s sacred — and segregated — Black burial sites
Many New Yorkers can cite chapter and verse about the African Burial Ground National Monument in downtown Manhattan near City Hall, but only a few know about the burial grounds and segregated ...
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Aga Khan, the leader of Ismaili Muslims, laid to rest in Egypt during private burial ceremony
Gen. Ismail Kamal. Ismaili mourners marched as bells rang during the burial ceremony in the country’s southern Aswan province, as Prince Karim’s body was taken in a van. They carried his body ...
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Side by side forever: See the photo from Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter's gravesite
The nation said goodbye to former President Jimmy Carter last month and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter just over a year prior. The two are buried side-by-side in Georgia, and on Monday, the ...
Vanguard5d
28 migrants found in Libya mass grave
Libyan authorities have discovered a mass grave containing the bodies of 28 sub-Saharan migrants in the southeastern district of Kufra, near a site where they were allegedly detained and tortured ...
The Mirror12d
Family forced to dig up mum and dad's bodies after church 'double books' grave
David and Sheila Shaw were both buried in a grave at Sefton Parish Church near Liverpool following their deaths in 2012. But unbeknownst to their grieving family, the plot where they were laid to ...
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Cemeteries running out of space prompt calls for more sustainable options
Mid last year the council announced it was banning burial and ash reservations because of the financial burden it would place on the community by bringing forward the development of new cemeteries.
The Spokesman-Review7d
Tom and Jerry: A duo’s first of many hits, and one that would withstand the test of time
On Feb. 10, 1940 — 85 years ago Monday — the first Tom & Jerry cartoon short and the first cartoon directed by the soon-to-be- famous team of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera was released in ...
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Dismembered bodies of 24 people found in mass grave in Mexico
A mass grave discovered last December in a suburb of Guadalajara with dozens of bags of dismembered body parts contained the remains of 24 people, Mexican authorities said Sunday. Six of them — ...
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Beloved Sci-Fi Author Octavia Butler’s Gravesite Survived Los Angeles Fire
View this post on Instagram The Afrofuturist’s grave rests in Altadena, which was hit hard amid the recent fires that left thousands of Californians without their homes. But her burial site ...
Miami Herald28d
‘Curse tablets’ addressed to Roman god found at ancient cemetery. What do they say?
Ancient “curse tablets” were found inside graves at an excavation site in France, archaeologists said. Service d'archéologie, 2024 While excavating a historic hospital in France, a team of ...
Los Angeles Times29d
Bitter feud among Sinaloa cartel families brings grim new tactic: Grave desecration
As factions of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel wage war, one side is suspected of desecrating tombs that belong to rival families. One recent incident targeted a tomb near Sinaloa’s capital Culiacán ...
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Discovery of backyard burial leads to killer’s arrest, then justice
“20/20” looks at the disappearance of Michael Shaver. Michael and Laurie Shaver were middle school sweethearts, both from upstate New York. After the couple married, they moved to Clermont ...