Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists working in central London have discovered a burial site containing a wooden bed used in a Roman funeral. A team ...

Archaeologists in southwestern France have uncovered a Roman cremation site so lavish that it forces a rethink of how wealth, status, and memory were displayed on the fringes of the empire. At the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The discovery of a bustum-style funeral pyre from the Roman Empire included 22 different gold objects. The collection of gold ...

A massive Roman cremation cemetery in France is shedding light on diverse burial practices.

Archaeologists working in central London have discovered a burial site containing a wooden bed used in a Roman funeral. A team from Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) made the find near Holborn ...

A Roman-era bustum funeral pyre found in France held more than just the bones of the deceased. Archaeologists discovered 22 different gold objects buried with what could have only been a wealthy Roman ...

Depictions of beds being used as part of funerals are common in Roman art. However, the bed found at this site, preserved by the damp mud of the underground River Fleet, is the first complete example ...