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A “tomb-flattening policy” in Henan province has sparked intense controversy, with millions of tombs reportedly destroyed by local authorities in a quest to turn graveyards into farmland.The policy can be seen as a historical extension of land-saving reforms implemented after the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, which discouraged burials and made cremations
The public is invited to “Watch Jewish History Come Alive” at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, at a cemetery walk at the Rock Island Hebrew Cemetery, 2715 30th St., Rock Island, sponsored by Congregation Beth Israel of the Tri City Jewish Center. Admission is $5. Children 12 and younger will be admitted free. Tours will […]
Digging trenches in 1944, Bulgarian troops accidentally uncovered the royal 'Tomb of Kazanlak,' the first of many discoveries in the fourth-century B.C....
The mysterious rulers of Nubia, in present-day Sudan, erected hundreds of tombs and temples that rival Cairo’s.
Teotihuacan, Cahokia, and other metropolises featured striking religious centers, multifamily dwellings, and burial mounds, only to vanish. Archaeology is...