Cremation is one of the most common types of burial rites practiced by various communities around the world. Nevertheless, the first associations that spring to mind for these practices, during which the remains of the deceased were consumed by fire, would lead us in the direction of the Vikings or the inhabitants of much of …
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A Facebook post published on the 16th of July described an unusual find in Biłgoraj county in eastern Poland. In the 2nd half of 2020, a very fragmented and destroyed pottery vessel, found in the attic, was delivered to the Biłgoraj Region Museum. After the initial analysis, this pottery artifact was identified as the product …
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Early medieval cemeteries with graves enclosed in stone structures are among the most distinctive features of the archaeological landscape of Mazovia and Podlachia. These cemeteries are distinguished from other necropolises of this period by the presence of large stone structures surrounding the burials, the regular arrangement of graves, and a specific funeral rite, the origins …
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WARNING! THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS PHOTOS OF HUMAN REMAINS Funeral rites are among the most enduring and, at the same time, most diverse elements of human culture. It is the precise way in which the dead are treated that allows archaeologists to reconstruct not only the funeral practices of ancient societies, but also their conceptions …
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