Abandoning Uruk, Gilgamesh sets off to discover the secret of immortality; he hopes to learn it from a distant ancestor, Uta-napishtim, to whom the gods granted immortality after he survived a ...

Various factors are at play when it comes to the decision of a burial place for a pope. Pope Francis... Read more ...

Citizens do not have any right to insist on having their place for cremation or burial at a particular site or place, the Bombay High Court recent said while allowing a petition challenging the ...

It is the burial place of Baroque sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini. A spiral staircase named after him connects the five floors of a building attached to the church. Its shell shape is ...

His final resting place, after his funeral on Saturday ... However, the most recent papal burial in the church was that of Clement IX in 1669. The basilica dates from 432. Inside the church ...

Various factors are at play when it comes to the decision of a burial place. The Salus Populi Romani icon is displayed in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. (photo: Daniel Ibañez/CNA / EWTN ...

“As I sense the approaching twilight of my earthly life, and with firm hope in eternal life, I wish to set out my final wishes solely regarding the place of my burial. “Throughout my ...

Amen. As I sense that the twilight of my earthly life is approaching, and with firm hope in Eternal Life, I wish to express my final wishes regarding my burial place. I have always entrusted my ...

Centuries of antiquarians and archaeologists thought they were burial places for the elite of Neolithic Irish society. Genetic analysis of human remains within several of the tombs initially ...

But a local media report from February 2024 indicated that in at least one case, a family who found their relative's burial place with a new name on it ultimately located their loved-one's corpse ...

Sumerian civilization appears to have evolved in Southern Mesopotamia around 4000 BC, while some historians place it as far back as 5000 BC ... One of the world’s first great works of literature, The ...