8 November 2012
A war cemetery in Oxford is using mobile phone technology to give information about people buried there. A panel being installed at the war graves site at Botley Cemetery bears a QR (quick read) code which can be scanned using smart phones.5 November 2012
Archaeologists working to expand the University cemetery last week unearthed 30 previously unrecorded grave shafts at the site of the cemetery, the University announced Friday.31 October 2012
On Google Sightseeing: "To mark Halloween this year, we’re visiting some unusual burial places. While it is common for cemeteries to have parking lots, you might think it unlikely that the reverse would happen. However, there are a surprising number of graveyards in parking lots across North America."
This was more than just some Halloween prank, city officials said. Vandals have damaged and destroyed some of the oldest grave stones at Old Hillside Cemetery in Laurinburg.
Workers make a shocking discovery while digging on the site of the Madison County Executive Airport runway expansion project, unearthing a previously unknown graveyard.
The act of Congress is in the books, the bills are paid, the sculptures are being cast, and one of the biggest parades in the world will start a glory tour and countdown to dedication.30 October 2012
Arlington National Cemetery has been closed to tourists as Hurricane Sandy approaches, but the Army continues to stand guard over the Tomb of the Unknowns. The Army's Third U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as The Old Guard, is responsible for guarding the tomb.29 October 2012
The site of where the Battle of Hastings has been commemorated for the last 1,000 years is in the wrong place, it has been claimed. Ever since the 1066 battle that led to the Norman Conquest, history has recorded the event as happening at what is now Battle Abbey in the East Sussex town.26 October 2012
When Brian Davis walks up to the tombstone of Thomas Barber, who died in 1886 at the age of 85, he knows the simple devices in his hands will make a difference. Barber's stone tablet features a cross near the top and is covered with dirt, lichens and mold in its spot near the treeline.24 October 2012
The 400-year-old chapel in which the Bronte sisters were baptised has been desecrated by stone thieves. Crowbar-wielding looters ripped up two 200-year-old burial slabs from the graveyard, wrenched stones from the chapel walls, and tore up part of the nearby Bronte Way footpath.22 October 2012
World War II veteran Ronald Brown of Exeter, England, died last week at 94 and left behind a surprising war memento in his cremated remains: six ounces of metal shrapnel.19 October 2012
Vandals struck a rural cemetery in Orleans County, toppling more than two dozen headstones over the weekend. Some of the grave markers are so old they are hard to read, but they represent a life lived in the close-knit town of Kendall.18 October 2012
Technological developments in the computer age sometimes come so thick and fast that it takes society a while to decide what to do with them.15 October 2012
A forensic team found 18 bodies buried without markers in the woods behind the Florida Industrial School for Boys. Some former students claim administrators were violently abusive and could have killed the boys.11 October 2012
Vandals recently struck a cemetery dating back more than 200 years, leaving the Boy Scout who had recently restored it filled with rage. For his Eagle Scout project, Justin Stine, 18, wanted to restore the Riggs family cemetery, nestled in the woods off Bordly Drive near his Brookeville home.Older Posts - page 5 of 29 - Newer Posts