An 85-year-old woman who died when a 65ft crane collapsed on to her home in east London is still buried beneath the rubble. Specialist firefighters are working to recover the body of June Harvey from her house in Bow after it was crushed by the rig. The rig, which had been working on a new … Read more
More than 100 children are found buried with coins in their mouths at lost 16th century graveyard in Poland discovered during excavations for major motorway Construction workers excavating a motorway in Poland found a graveyard The burial site dates back to the 16th century and holds 115 skeletons Experts say 70 to 80 percent of the remains … Read more
A schoolboy who ditched his homework to take a walk along the edge of a lake got a surprise when he stumbled upon the wreck of an ancient longboat. Cathal McDonagh, from Lisacul in County Roscommon, Ireland, spotted the boat as he was wading in the shallows of Cloonacolly Lough at the back of his … Read more
George Floyd, the black man whose brutal death at the hands of police has sparked a worldwide reckoning over racial injustice, will be laid to rest in his hometown of Houston today in a private funeral service. The service will be held for Floyd at the Fountain of Praise Church at 11am local time, where … Read more
The buildings and layout of an entire Roman town has been revealed by scientists using ground-penetrating radar. A quad bike was coupled up to a series of sophisticated machines which used radio-waves to take a detailed look at what is hidden deep underground. It mapped the town of Falerii Novi, located near Rome, and identified a baths … Read more
Newborn baby is saved after it was found buried alive with just its foot poking out of the ground in India WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT The newborn boy was discovered in the Sonoura village of India’s Uttar Pradesh Video footage shows rescuers desperately trying to dig him free from the soil The boy miraculously survived and … Read more
‘Til death do as part: Archaeologists unearth a rare 1,000-year-old tomb in China of a coupe buried together and joined with a ‘fairy bridge’ to continue their romance in the afterlife Skeletons were found lying peacefully on the tiled floor within the brick-walled graves in central China Several pieces of pottery were discovered with the … Read more
‘Architect of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ Little Richard was laid to rest at his alma mater Oakwood University, a historically black college in Huntsville, Alabama, Wednesday after he passed away from bone cancer earlier this month. The legendary singer, who was 87 when he died in Tullahoma, Tennessee on May 9, was laid to rest during … Read more
Coronavirus dead across New York could be temporarily buried on Hart Island as morgues across the city start to overflow. America’s coronavirus epicenter of New York is grappling with how to deal with the dead as the disease has brought the city to its knees. Undertakers are so overcrowded that a city official raised the … Read more
Skeletal remains of a shipwreck have appeared on the Maine coastline nearly every 20 years, but have remained a mystery for more than six decades – until now. Researchers have finally identified the wooden wreck as a British cargo ship that dates back before the Revolutionary War – making it older than America itself. Using … Read more