Industry News
07/18/2024
How to avoid overpriced funerals
Most people are too traumatized by the loss of a loved one to look for the best funeral price. But now that the FTC is reviewing its rules, a consumer advocate explains how to avoid being scammed when you're most vulnerable.
07/18/2024
Scientists have found a mass grave in Tulsa that may be the result of a 1921 racial massacre
Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum called the find an important moment in Tulsa history, but more work needs to be done to determine if the remains are connected to the massacre a century ago.
07/17/2024
Northland: Volunteers walking cemeteries keep history and genealogy alive - and online
NORTHLAND: Volunteers who walk cemeteries keep history and genealogy alive - and online.
07/16/2024
Archaeologists have found the tomb of Aphrodite's priestess in an ancient Black Sea city
About 1,900 years ago, a woman died and was buried in Phanagoria, a town founded centuries ago on the coast of the Taman Peninsula in southern Russia.
07/15/2024
A judge has halted the removal of a Confederate memorial at Arlington Cemetery
A federal judge issued an injunction temporarily halting work to remove the memorial as part of the military's efforts to remove symbols memorializing the Confederacy.
07/15/2024
35 places to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War
These cemeteries, memorials, and museums around the world preserve the memory of the millions who died in the Great War
07/11/2024
Growing interest in green burials: a second dedicated cemetery for green burials will open in Maryland this year
Over the past decade, interest in green burials has increased.
07/10/2024
Who died in 2023? The most memorable deaths of the year
From former First Lady Rosalynn Carter to rock diva Tina Turner and TV icon Norman Lear, here's a list of those we lost in 2023.
07/10/2024
Exploring life amidst death: The monk parrots that call Green-Wood Cemetery their home
A group of green monk parrots sit atop the 19th century Gothic arched entrance of Green-Wood Cemetery.
07/10/2024
17 of New York City's most historic and interesting cemeteries
Credit: @daytrippingroc on Instagram New York City cemeteries are the final resting place of many famous figures in history. Many of their burials are also objects of beauty: exquisite mausoleums
07/09/2024
Norwegian archaeological find of the year: 4,000-year-old grave with skeletons
The grave is about as old as the pyramids and contained the remains of at least five people.
07/04/2024
Tooth enamel helps solve the mystery of an ancient Greek cemetery
An ASU PhD candidate is working to piece together the lives of people who were found buried in shackles in a Greek cemetery by studying teeth.