Last Updated: December 12th, 2020
Discovered Bodies
- The Curious Case of the Bog Bodies by Kristen C. French (Pocket Article)
Funeral Traditions
- The Valley of the Cheese of the Dead by Molly McDonough (Pocket Article)
Honoring the Dead
- Welcoming the dead to dinner: How an isolated village in Svaneti honors their deceased by Alex Potter (Mashable Article)
Reports and Announcements of Death
- Unlucky Ways to Die in Victorian Times (happy holidays?) (Rachel Maksy Youtube Video)
- London Bill of Mortality, from November 13th to November 20th 1722 (@BlackPlaques Tweet)
Tombs and Burial Sites
- DNA from ancient Irish tomb reveals incest and an elite class that ruled early farmers by Andrew Curry (Science Mag Article)
- Nympsfield Long Barrow (English Heritage Youtube Video)
- Windmill Tump Long Barrow (English Heritage Youtube Video)
- Why Were This Ancient Scottish Tomb’s Chambers Built Upside Down? by Nora McGreevy (Smithsonian Article)
- Photos of the Tomb of Eurysaces, Rome (@roamintheempire Tweet)
- Newly Unearthed Warrior’s Grave Poised to Redraw Map of Anglo-Saxon England by Nora McGreevy (Smithsonian Article)
- DNA Analysis Suggests Mother and Son Were Buried in Famous Viking Grave by Livia Gershon (Smithsonian Article)
- Ancient Roman Board Game Found in Norwegian Burial Mound by Alex Fox (Smithsonian Article)
- Rimbaud and Verlaine: France agonises over digging up gay poets by Hugh Schofield (BBC Article)