Royal Connections? Viking Burial Site Discovered in Denmark - Medievalists.net
Mads Ravn notes, 'The burial site is most likely associated with the nobleman's farm in Lisbjerg from the Viking Age, which is located less than a kilometer from the burial site.'
Pope Francis's funeral to be less costly than his predecessors'
Unlike his predecessors, Francis requested a more modest burial. In 2024, he changed the longstanding burial rules that required three coffins, allowing for a single coffin instead.
Sicilian gravedigger arrested over illegally removing bodies from tombs
Police in Sicily have uncovered a disturbing scheme involving a former gravedigger and a forensic pathologist who participated in illegal removals of bodies to service ongoing burial needs.