Researchers claim Tutankhamun’s burial mask may have originally been made for a woman – but there is reason to doubt
Tutankhamun’s resting place in the Valley of the Kings is relatively small. This has led to speculation that it was ...
For ancient Egyptians, dance was a huge part of daily life
Several tombs in the necropolises of Egypt depict figures dancing across the walls and playing instruments. But when ...
Pope Francis refuses glitzy burial — opts for wooden casket as he simplifies papal funeral rites
Pope Francis has opted to be buried in a wooden casket when he is laid to rest – amending a centuries-old tradition of a ...
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Pope cuts three-coffin tradition from papal funerals
Pope Francis has simplified papal funeral rituals to better reflect the head of the Catholic Church's status as a humble ...
Pope Francis rejects tradition, opts for humble wooden casket and burial outside Vatican
Pope Francis announced this week that he intends on having a much more simple funeral than those of his predecessors at the ...
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Phillip Schofield devastated as he carries coffin at mum's funeral accompanied by wife and daughters
Phillip Schofield attended the funeral of his beloved mother Patricia at St. Michael's Church in Newquay, Cornwall, on Friday, 8 November. In an intimate gathering, he was joined by close family ...
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St Thomas Becket casket set for cathedral display
A container that it is claimed once held a relic of St Thomas Becket is to go on display at a cathedral. The enamelled reliquary of the saint will go on display for two days from 15 November at ...
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'Extraordinary' burial chamber of an ancient Egyptian priestess is discovered after 4,000 years - as archaeologists uncover a coffin WITHIN another coffin
The uncovering of this shaft began in 2022, took three excavation campaigns and has now ended with a sensational discovery – the burial of Idy in two nested wooden coffins with numerous grave ...
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Farooq Abdullah visits Srinagar hospital to enquire about those injured in grenade attack
Mirwaiz claimed the administration not only closed the historic Mirwaiz Manzil at Rajouri Kadal here, “but also locked down the central Jamia Masjid, not allowing the absentia funeral prayer”. He ...
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Burial chamber and grave goods of ancient Egyptian priestess discovered in Asyut
Researchers discovered the burial chamber of the ancient Egyptian ... According to the inscriptions on her coffins, Idy was a priestess of the goddess Hathor and held the honorific title of ...
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Creepy pictures show inside abandoned funeral home with empty coffins piled high
The interior of a creepy abandoned funeral home has been caught on camera by an urban explorer. The images, which were shared to social media by social media user places_forgotten, show the ...