Read more about the article Man Sold Body Parts Stolen From Harvard And Other Facilities Including 2 Stillborn Babies Who Should Have Been Cremated
Photo shows Jeremy Pauley, undated. The Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty to trafficking human remains from Harvard medical school. (East Pennsboro Police/CEN)

Man Sold Body Parts Stolen From Harvard And Other Facilities Including 2 Stillborn Babies Who Should Have Been Cremated

A man has pleaded guilty to selling human remains online that were stolen from Harvard Medical School and other facilities including two stillborn babies who should have been cremated and…

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Read more about the article Ancients Were Cremated With Animals And Favourite Jewellery, Scans Show
Image shows the Late Bronze Age urn, undated photo. It contained human remains when it was found at the city of St. Poelten, Lower Austria State, Austria. (Waltenberger, OeAW, OeAI/Newsflash)

Ancients Were Cremated With Animals And Favourite Jewellery, Scans Show

Astonished scientists investigating Bronze Age burial urns have discovered that ancients were cremated with animals and their jewellery. CT scans carried out by Austrian experts have revealed that ashes found…

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Read more about the article Shih-Tzu Dropped Off At Pet Shop For Bath Returned To Owner As Ashes In Box
Picture shows Luizinho, undated. Rosane Martins, 38, took the dog to get grooming procedures at a pet shop, where the dog died and was cremated before the death can be investigated, in Campo Grande, Brazil. (Rosane Martins/Newsflash)

Shih-Tzu Dropped Off At Pet Shop For Bath Returned To Owner As Ashes In Box

A dog owner was left shocked after dropping off her pooch at a pet shop for a bath before it was returned to her as ashes in a box. The…

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Read more about the article Japanese City To Sell Over GBP 700,000 Worth Of Precious Metals Harvested From Dead Bodies
Image shows the city of Kyoto, Japan, undated photo. Kyoto City authorities started an initiative to extract and sell precious metals used in dental treatments from the "remnant ash" after cremation. (Newsflash)

Japanese City To Sell Over GBP 700,000 Worth Of Precious Metals Harvested From Dead Bodies

The city of Kyoto in Japan is reportedly planning to sell the precious metals found in cremated bodies from things like denture fillings. Most Japanese people are cremated after they…

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Read more about the article Balkan Cemetery Studies Reveal High Prehistoric Mortality Rate
Picture shows detail from tomb 14 with a necklace of bronze pendants (8th-7th century BC), undated. The discovery has been made at the Kopilo site in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (ÖAW- ÖAI, M. Gavranovic/Newsflash)

Balkan Cemetery Studies Reveal High Prehistoric Mortality Rate

A necropolis found in Bosnia and Herzegovina has revealed a high mortality rate in the prehistoric period after archaeologists discovered 46 graves and 53 individuals from the Bronze and Iron…

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Read more about the article Ancient Crypt Reveals How Mayan Elite Became Rubber Balls For Games
Stone cover seizing 90 per 60 cm with the representation of a tied up prisoner in an undated photo. Researchers found a crypt where the bodies of the governors were cremated. (Mauricio Marat-INAH/Newsflash)

Ancient Crypt Reveals How Mayan Elite Became Rubber Balls For Games

Archaeologists have revealed how the elite from ancient Mayan civilisations became rubber balls to be used in their games. Studies of grease markings in the walls of a centuries old…

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