Dated to around 1880 BCE, the chamber had been looted by grave robbers in ancient times, who likely took any jewelry and ...

A Roman-era cemetery, found ahead of a construction project in England, holds an unusual burial at its center.

High quality burial goods found with women in the region suggests they held particular importance, researchers said. Bournemouth University The site belonged to a group the Romans named the ...

Other burial goods have been interpreted as domestic trappings - she was the head of the home. But perhaps she was also something else - a wise woman, a healer, a shaman.

Instead, common factors, such as social and economic status, as well as possible lifestyle could have influenced the burial customs and composition of the grave goods, according to the authors.

“Despite the lack of grave goods, both the beautifully carved stone coffin and the gypsum burial are indicative of an individual of high status,” Headland wrote. “The gypsum for the burial ...