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Entombed inside two large barrows (burial mounds) located on an open plain in northern Serbia, a team of scientists from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IAEPAN) found some highly anomalous skeletons. The men in these burial mounds were of significant height, and the bones of each had been […]
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Burial Mounds in Serbia Reveal Skeletons of 5,000-Year-Old Painted Men
February 25th, 2022 
Awake Goy 1,000-Year-Old Chamber Burial on Polish Island Reveals Rare Treasures
January 9th, 2022 Awake Goy A 1,000-year-old grave on a remote island in northern Poland has been found to be richly furnished with grave goods, some of them extremely rare. Two amber rings, a bronze bowl, an iron knife in a leather holder and bronze buckles were found in the grave of a man near the village of Ostrowite, who […]
Workshop Discovered Near Famous Sutton Hoo Ship Burial
January 3rd, 2022 Awake Goy Archaeologists in England have unearthed a 7th century workshop in the village of Rendlesham near the famous Sutton Hoo ship burial. Among the broken tools and storage jars discovered at the Rendlesham workshop, scientists believe it is also where the famous helmet of King Raedwald, who was buried in the ship, was expertly crafted. Sutton […]
Mycenaean Cult Of The Dead And Burial Architecture
December 28th, 2021 Awake Goy Tholos and the grave circles in the ancient citadel of Mycenae, located on a small hill, nestled between two larger hills on the fertile Argolid plain in the Peloponnese, Greece, exemplify a synergy of Bronze Age intellectual and artistic talents, invested in contemplating the nature of death and the possibilities of an Afterlife. The awareness […]
Scottish Farmer Fined For Destroying Prehistoric Burial Cairn
December 16th, 2021 Awake Goy A Scottish island farmer has been charged for ripping apart a Neolithic burial tomb to build a new shed. You might think the judge’s £18,000 fine sounds quite stiff, but the cairn is damaged beyond recognition and the damage to Scottish heritage is really priceless. There are Scots who will be remembered for all time, […]
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No Comments »10,000-Year-Old Mesolithic Burial Showed Special Reverence For Infant Girl
December 15th, 2021 Awake Goy Archaeologists and paleoanthropologists exploring a cave in Italy excavated parts of a skeleton that belonged to an infant girl who died approximately 10,000 years ago, in the early Mesolithic period shortly after the end of the last Ice Age. The sparse remains of the girl’s tiny body were surrounded by more than 60 pierced shell […]
Does Roman Infanticide Explain the Mass Infant Burial Discovered in England?
November 16th, 2021 Awake Goy Between 43 AD and 410 AD, huge swathes of Britain were under the control of the Roman Empire and funerary practices were mostly Christian, but also included the practice of Roman infanticide. Although, Roman infanticide has been well documented in Italy and in the Roman province that is Israel today, little evidence of this practice […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: burial, discovered, England, explain, infant, infanticide, roman No Comments »Reopening Cold Case of Nestor’s Cup Burial Solves a Mystery
October 11th, 2021 Awake Goy Homer’s Iliad, a classical ancient Greek tale from the 8th century BC, contains a brief, 6-line description of the famous 2,800-year-old Nestor’s Cup, which was the subject of a great deal of attention in antiquity. The subject of debate was centered around its size, the fact that only Nestor could lift it, and the doves […]
Painted Medieval Burial Vaults Surface In Belgium
October 7th, 2021 Awake Goy Excavations at the Church of Our Lady in the heart of historic Bruges, Belgium, have unearthed a third medieval burial vault. Just like the first one discovered back in May, this one also features highly-detailed painted biblical scenes. Recent excavations in West-Flanders, at the Notre-Dame de Bruges Cathedral, have now unearthed three decorated medieval burial […]
Highway Project Unearths Post-Medieval Burial Ground in England
September 28th, 2021 Awake Goy Twelve months after a massive archaeological dig at the Trinity Burial Ground that forms part of a £355 million Highways England improvement and redevelopment project started in Hull in northern England, the burial ground project is drawing to a close. The rich haul of material excavated from the post-medieval burial ground in Hull provides a fascinating […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: burial, England, ground, highway, medieval, project, unearths No Comments »Gas Pipe Workers Accidentally Unearth Chilca Culture Burial in Peru
September 25th, 2021 Awake Goy Workers laying pipes for the gas company Calidda in Chilca, which is 37 miles (60 km) south of Lima, Peru, have recently uncovered the remains of eight people buried together in a Chilca culture common tomb 800 years ago. Found buried with them were exotic grave goods to take into the afterlife, including musical instruments, […]
Necropolis in Turkey Reveals the Iron Age Burial Customs of the Urartu
September 24th, 2021 Awake Goy Excavations that started over five years ago at a Urartian necropolis at Çavuştepe Castle in eastern Turkey (ancient Anatolia) have revealed a multiplicity of burial customs among the Iron Age Urartu people (9th century BC-6th century BC). Headed by Professor Rafet Çavuşoğlu of Van Province’s Yüzüncü Yıl University’s (YYÜ) Archaeology Department, the 25-member team consists […]
Unique Copper Age Burial Discovered By Russian Archaeologists
September 8th, 2021 Awake Goy A sacred looking “Amber Burial” has been found in Russia. The Copper Age grave is so laden in amber buttons and other items made from the rare resin rock, and steeped in ochre at the burial site, that nothing like this has even been discovered before. The prehistoric Copper Age burial site, loaded with a […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: Archaeologists, burial, copper, discovered, russian, unique No Comments »Neolithic Burial Mound Found at Base of Bohemia’s Rip Mountain
August 26th, 2021 Awake Goy Czech archaeologists have discovered and unearthed a 6,000-year-old ancient burial mound in Bohemia, which is among the oldest of its kind found anywhere in Europe. Underneath the mound (or cairn) they uncovered a large burial chamber that contained the skeletal remains of a child. Adding more intrigue to the discovery, the rare Neolithic mound and […]
Josephine Baker Is 1st Black Woman Given Paris Burial Honor
August 23rd, 2021 Awake Goy PARIS (AP) — The remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris, making the entertainer who is a World War II hero in France the first Black woman to get the country’s highest honor. Le Parisien newspaper reported Sunday that French President Emmanuel Macron decided to […]
Big Data Study Reveals Rapid Transition in Medieval Burial Rites
August 6th, 2021 Awake Goy An English archaeologist has analyzed “big data” to make a slate of new observations about changing burial traditions in medieval Europe. In business the term “big data” describes large, hard-to-manage volumes of data, that can be analyzed for insights leading to better decision making and strategic business maneuvers. In archaeology, the first major big data […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: burial, medieval, rapid, reveals, rites, study, transition No Comments »Mystery Bottle Discovered Between Woman’s Legs in Hull Burial
July 19th, 2021 Awake Goy Archaeologists have been trying to work out why a sealed blue glass mystery bottle was left between a woman’s legs in a Hull burial. But that’s not all. They’re also trying to work out what on Earth was the liquid it contained. The History of Hull Burials at Trinity Burial Ground The term “Hull burials”, in […]
Swedish Viking Burial Shows Transition to Christian Burials Says Study
July 8th, 2021 Awake Goy In Sigtuna, Sweden, just north of Stockholm, seven well-preserved Viking tombs have been discovered, including the graves of two possible infant twins. As per the Swedish press release on this particular Viking burial site in Uppdrag Arkeologi , these graves revealed a transition from tradition Viking burials to Christian funerary practices, which was also summarized […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: burial, burials, christian, shows, swedish, transition, viking No Comments »Mementos for the Dead: Surprising Burial Customs in Iron Age Britain
June 22nd, 2021 Awake Goy A University of York researcher has developed a new framework for interpreting collections of everyday objects found during archaeological excavations, specifically at sites linked to Iron Age Britain. Despite the absence of skeletal remains, Dr. Lindsey Büster believes that such caches in Iron Age Britain were created and buried as a way to remember and […]
Bizarre Burial: Girl With A Bird Skull In Her Mouth
June 9th, 2021 Awake Goy Between the 18th and 19th century in Poland, a child was given an unusual burial involving bird skulls within the Tunel Wielki Cave. A ritualistic burial like this surely would have been a spectacle, however, all information about the child and chaffinch skulls has been lost. While rummaging amongst some dusty boxes filled with artifacts […]
