bong bong Ancient corpse found in "burial shroud" of marijuana plants David Pescovitz

coronavirus New York's 'system for managing our dead' overwhelmed, says NYC councilman Xeni Jardin

native americans The Trump administration is blowing up a religious burial site to make room for their stupid wall Thom Dunn

History Public cemeteries as a precondition for the sale of land John Struan

religion Pennsylvania to Ohio: we see your terrible life-threatening anti-abortion bill and raise you with funerals for unimplanted, fertilized eggs Cory Doctorow

Weird Human composting is now legal in Washington, and offered by a Seattle business Xeni Jardin

climate change What happens when climate change ravages graveyards? Thom Dunn

books Archaeologists in Egypt discovered one of the first illustrated books in history David Pescovitz

afghanistan Afghanistan: U.S. drone kills 30 farm workers sitting around a campfire after pine nut harvest Xeni Jardin

death Luke Perry was buried in a mushroom suit David Pescovitz

History Water pipe dig in England unearths site of human sacrifices David Pescovitz

human rights Math against crimes against humanity: Using rigorous statistics to prove genocide when the dead cannot speak for themselves Cory Doctorow

art This artist uses jigsaw puzzles, with the same die cut pattern, to make these terrific mashups Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants Ben and Jerry's has a Flavor Graveyard for the 'dearly de-pinted' Rusty Blazenhoff

military This little known government agency is responsible for bringing the remains of missing or captured U.S. soldiers home to rest Seamus Bellamy

News Mexico: 166 human skulls found in Veracruz clandestine mass grave Xeni Jardin

News DO NOT travel to North Korea, what's left of the U.S. State Dept. warns Americans Xeni Jardin

History New DNA tests show remains are Romanovs Rob Beschizza

religion Interview: Dr. Karl E H Seigfried talks Ásatrú, Heathenry and beards Seamus Bellamy

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle