22 February 2013
The din of machinery mingled with the echo of the 19th century Crimean War when an excavator bucket stumbled upon the yellowed remains of long-dead French soldiers at a construction site in a southern Ukrainian port city.20 February 2013
British war graves in India are in danger of being dug up to make way for a new metro rail line. Some of the 2,000 graves in Lucknow, the Uttar Pradesh state capital, could be destroyed as part of plans by the city’s authorities to build a railway line.
A new smartphone app released on Tuesday allows people to find information about cemeteries across Britain that provide final resting places for those who died in World War I, which ranged from 1914 to 1918, the Duke of Kent said.
To some, it may sound like a strange way to spend a vacation. But for many visitors, the carefully manicured grounds of cemeteries can provide beautiful moments to remember history's fascinating figures.19 February 2013
Workers have found at least 27 graves at the site of a construction project in downtown Charleston. The city is spending $142 million to renovate Gaillard Auditorium. But now workers have discovered more than two dozen graves and have more areas to search.18 February 2013
Two village moms are teaming up to tidy and repair a historic Mount Kisco cemetery that played a role in the Revolutionary War.15 February 2013
His first burial was an undignified one - dumped in a shallow grave with no coffin or shroud following the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.
Sue Spears noticed some grave markers near her Austin, Texas home 15 years ago when she used to see children play in a dirty overgrown lot near a school.14 February 2013
Black civil war veterans, former slaves, and other early East Austin residents rest at Bethany Cemetery. "The stories must be told about the ancestors in this community," Travis County Commissioner Ron Davis said.13 February 2013
There's no place like home, and for Bratislav Stojanovic, his home is in a tomb. The homeless Serbian man has been living in an old, seemingly abandoned, cemetery in the southern city of Nis for about 15 years.11 February 2013
The sleepy Dorset village of Highcliffe is a million miles away from the hustle and bustle of London's Oxford Street, but here lies one of its most famous traders. The simple grave of Harry Gordon Selfridge at St Mark's Churchyard contains no clues about the lavish lifestyle the man who revolutionised shopping once led.8 February 2013
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Thursday that a review of every grave in the national cemetery system found 15 sets of remains buried in the wrong spots and nearly 800 other problems.6 February 2013
Plans to expand Arlington National Cemetery were stalled at least temporarily following a public uproar over the potential removal of 900 Civil War-era trees, forcing officials to reconsider plans for the future of the nation's premier resting place.25 January 2013
A memorial to 4,000 Welsh soldiers who fell in a bloody WWI battle is in need of repair as the centenary of the start of the Great War approaches. The Mametz Wood Memorial to the 38th (Welsh) Division in northern France was unveiled in July 1987 and has since been visited by thousands of visitors.22 January 2013
As if Highgate cemetery in north London with its gravestones and lonely walkways were not scary enough, now a rare species of giant spider has been discovered lurking in its lightless vaults.Older Posts - page 3 of 29 - Newer Posts