Venezuela’s economic crisis forces families to live in cemeteries as tomb raiders loot graves

With nowhere to live, families in Venezuela have been forced to live in a cemetery, where their children beg for money and looters dig up graves around them. In the south of Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, more and more families are calling the Southern General cemetery home.  Among them are Jendry, 11, and his sister Wineisis, … Read more

Hundreds of cats and dogs are found in individual graves at 2,000-year-old ancient Egyptian port 

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered what they believe to be the world’s oldest known pet cemetery. Nearly 600 cats, dogs and monkeys were found carefully laid in individual graves in Berenike, a remote seaport on the western coast of the Red Sea. Some of the animals were still wearing collars and other adornments, and others … Read more

Bronze age graves and neolithic pottery discovered near proposed Stonehenge tunnel

Early excavations at the proposed site of a road tunnel underneath Stonehenge have revealed a host of priceless archaeological artefacts.  Wessex Archaeology is leading hundreds of trial digs around the site to ensure the construction work, due to start in 2023, does not destroy any archaeological items.   Early discoveries include various graves dating back to … Read more

Visitors at Nazi Buchenwald concentration camp are condemned for tobogganing over mass graves

Visitors at Nazi Buchenwald concentration camp are condemned for tobogganing over mass graves where 76,000 people died during WWII The German WWII memorial urged visitors to avoid spending leisure pastimes People were spotted enjoying sledging at the mass graves while touring the site Buchenwald and its sub camp were used to house thousands of slave … Read more

British war graves staff tending European cemeteries face a ‘50% pay cut’ due to Brexit

British war graves staff working in France and Belgium tending to the resting places of soldiers killed during both World Wars are reportedly facing a 50% pay cut due to Brexit.    The unsung heroes have expressed their outrage after they were reportedly told they must face a pay cut or return to the UK.  The … Read more

Denmark resorts to dumping 17million culled animals in mass graves amid mutant Covid fears

More than 17million mink are being culled and dumped in mass graves in Denmark today in a desperate bid to eradicate a mutated strain of coronavirus. The new Covid-19 variant – called Cluster 5 – has caused widespread alarm because it has the potential to render vaccines less effective if it spreads through populations. Danish … Read more

Heartless yobs target graves of Ken Dodd and Cilla Black in Liverpool cemetery

Heartless yobs target graves of Ken Dodd and Cilla Black in Liverpool cemetery by spraying ‘offensive’ graffiti on their headstones Both celebrities buried at Allerton Cemetery, which was targeted overnight Sir Ken’s headstone has now had to be removed from grounds for cleaning  Cilla’s headstone was able to be repaired on site and both families … Read more

Burial ground containing 350 people in tiny circular graves is unearthed in Japan 

Burial ground containing the bones of 350 people squashed into tiny circular graves is unearthed on a train station construction site in Japan Osaka City authorities have been surveying ruins in the area for three decades The so-called ‘Umeda Tomb’ is one of seven historical grave sites within the city Experts believe the site dates … Read more

Ancient burial ground containing 350 people in tiny circular graves is unearthed in Japan 

Ancient burial ground containing the bones of 350 people squashed into tiny circular graves is unearthed on a train station construction site in Japan Osaka City authorities have been surveying ruins in the area for three decades The so-called ‘Umeda Tomb’ is one of seven historical grave sites within the city Experts believe the site … Read more