Other grave goods include wooden figurines ... After an initial conservational consolidation of the wooden objects in the ...

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

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.

“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 ...