The oldest known cremation found in Africa, dating from 9,500 years ago, raises a question: Why were the remains burned in ...

Archaeologists discover human remains by pyre in recent excavation in Malawi, suggesting hunter gatherer societies attributed ...

The oldest previously known funeral pyre in the world was discovered in Alaska and dates to approximately 11,500 years ago, but that cremation involved a young child rather than an adult. Some burned ...

The spark from funeral pyre swept through about half-an-acre of mangrove forest at Barunei in the Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary, causing damage to standing trees. A fire brigade worker douses flames ...

North Dakota’s pioneer Capitol building was creaky by 1930. It was also a serious fire trap, as the state found out just ...

Two married daughters offered fire to pyre of their father in Tadavpada village of Bhilad in Valsad on Saturday. By this move the family became first to adopt a new practice in the community. Dhodi ...

The opening scene of “Goddess of Fire,” set in India in the 1680s, is hard to beat for sheer drama: The newly married, newly widowed 17-year-old Moorti is dragged, struggling and protesting, toward ...

Delhi Man Cremates Wife Secretly. Police Douse Pyre To Prove Murder Accused Navin, 24, of Sultanpuri was arrested after he kept changing his statements regarding his wife's death. Indo-Asian News ...