Hunter-gatherers cremated the headless body of a woman in a pyre around 9,500 years ago in what is now Malawi.

How humans deal with death and the rituals we build around it are a crucial part of our identity. Burial practices may stretch back hundreds of thousands of years, emerging soon after our ancestors ...

Archaeologists have discovered Africa’s oldest known cremation pyre at the base of Mount Hora in Malawi. According to a paper published in the journal Science Advances, radiocarbon testing dates the ...

9,500-year-old pyre uncovered in Malawi offers rare insight into rituals of ancient African hunter-gatherer groups A cremation pyre built about 9,500 years ago has been discovered in Africa, offering ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will begin building the funeral pyre for late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died last month at the age of 88, next year, the government said on Monday, adding 8,000 people ...

The 9,500-year-old remains of a woman in Malawi have set a new record, marking Africa's oldest evidence of intentional cremation, as well as the earliest known cremation pyre for an adult that is ...