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4 days agoThe Queen Elizabeth II memorial has officially been approved
Grade II-listed monuments in St James's Park will be relocated for the new Queen Elizabeth II memorial project costing £46 million.
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fromMedievalists.net
2 weeks agoWho Lies in Winchester's Medieval Mortuary Chests? - Medievalists.net
This project demonstrates the combined power of science, the study of human remains and historical research to discover new information about the six mortuary chests and their occupants which would not have been available to us a generation ago.
History
fromThe Local France
3 weeks agoMysterious ancient skeletons discovered sitting upright in France
Similar to four others unearthed nearby earlier this month, it is sitting upright at the bottom of a one-metre-wide pit. The skeleton's hands are resting in its lap. Like the others, its back is against the eastern wall, its face directed westward.
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London politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks agoGraves in England and Wales could be reused after 100 years
The Law Commission proposes modernizing England and Wales burial laws by allowing grave reuse after 100 years, reopening closed burial grounds, and establishing national standards for the first time in over 170 years.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks agoAlmost human': life-size replicas of the dead help mend broken hearts in India
A Kolkata workshop creates lifesize replicas of deceased loved ones using clay, fiberglass, and silicon, helping families process grief by keeping realistic figures of the dead in their homes.
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fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month agoregula tschumi on funerary culture as a living visual language in southern ghana
Ga-Adangme figurative coffins function as embedded cultural expressions reflecting belief systems, lineage, social hierarchy, and family identity through ritual objects and commemorative practices.
fromVulture
1 month agoHarry Styles Really Likes 'Cremation Songs'
I really like cremation songs. As the belt started, it just went 'the long and winding road,' and it made me laugh. It feels so inappropriate because of how abrupt it was. And then I just started thinking about inappropriate cremation songs.
Music
fromMedievalists.net
1 month agoViking-Age Woman Buried with Her Dog in Norway - Medievalists.net
Excavations carried out in 2025 by the Arctic University Museum of Norway revealed that the artefacts came from a boat burial. The grave contained the skeleton of a woman placed inside a boat measuring about 5.5 metres in length. She had been buried together with a dog, suggesting the animal may have been an important companion in life.
History
fromemptywheel
2 months agoHow Do You Want Your Family to Remember You? - emptywheel
The Stasi, the secret police, were legendary for their data files. Their work was based on instilling fear, and they induced stunningly amazing numbers of East Germans into informing on their neighbors. Something along the lines of 1 in 6 East Germans were informants, whether out of fear or out of approval of what the East German government was doing.
US politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months agoQueen Elizabeth II statue will be standing and not on horseback
"After careful research and thought, my design for the Queen's monument will emphasise her role as head of state and proudly follows a sculptural tradition that shows kings and queens from the House of Windsor in a standing position," said Jennings. The previous horse-riding images had been for illustrative purposes only to show the size, scale and location rather than the final design, says the Cabinet Office.
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