Just why the Romans did this, though, remains a mystery. The experts that made the discovery found that the natural ...

Archaeologists Uncover a Rare Coffin of a Roman Elite Submerged in Liquid Gypsum, Providing an Insight Into Burial Practices ...

The unusual coffin was discovered along the A47 road ... The discovery was part of a "small Roman roadside cemetery," which was unearthed as highway workers worked to upgrade the highway.

The Temoney family is devastated after a tragic incident at a Northeast D.C. cemetery during the burial of their loved one.

The sarcophagus was recovered from a small Roman roadside cemetery, undisturbed since its burial in Roman times.

Evidence points to the possibility that the coffin belonged to an important person, perhaps the head of a prominent family.

University of New York researchers have uncovered a Roman-era secret cemetery of a “high-status individual” in ...

Archaeologists found 13 tombs from the cemetery, among which five are from ... Within it lies a stone outer coffin encasing a wooden outer coffin that holds three wooden inner coffins.