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The skeletons were unusually large for their time.
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Found: 5,000-Year-Old Skeletons of Very Tall People in China

They were giants for their time.
Sarah Laskow July 5, 2017
The mass grave found at Lützen.
cemeteries

How to Make Sense of a Mass Grave

A fascinating case study from the Thirty Years' War.
Sarah Laskow June 23, 2017
La Paz, Bolivia

Cementerio General

In La Paz's huge, city-sized cemetery, the deceased are stored in rows of apartment-like buildings.
The Isaac Knight Memorial in Evansville.
Evansville, Indiana

Isaac Knight Memorial

A tribute to a 13-year-old boy who was kidnapped in 1793 and escaped over two years later.
Statues and headstones mark the final resting place of Denver's early pioneers.
Denver, Colorado

Riverside Cemetery

The oldest operating cemetery in Denver is the eternal home of some of the Centennial State's most famous residents.
The view from the obelisk
Brooklyn, New York

Tomb of Secrets at Green-Wood Cemetery

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.
The resting place of the Hilton sisters.
Charlotte, North Carolina

Hilton Sisters Grave

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.
Confederate Mound.
Chicago, Illinois

Confederate Mound

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.
Bukit Cina, Malacca's Chinese cemetery.
Malacca, Malaysia

Bukit Cina (Chinese Hill)

The largest Chinese cemetery in the world outside of China dates back to the 15th century.
The Frenier Cemetery.
LaPlace, Louisiana

Frenier Cemetery

All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.
A historical marker at the cemetery explains that the graves are laid out in a traditional east-west orientation.
Zavalla, Texas

Sturrock Cemetery

A 19th century family buried their dead among the pines, beneath gravestones styled after ancient Scottish cairns.
The bright green Astroturf that surrounds the graves of Hank Williams and his wife Audrey.
Montgomery, Alabama

Hank Williams's Gravesite

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.
Pollock and Krasner's graves.
East Hampton, New York

Green River Cemetery

This backwater graveyard in the Hamptons became a trendy burial spot and posthumous status symbol for famous artists.
Contractors help unearth a coffin at the 218 Arch Street construction site in Philadelphia.
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What Do You Do With Hundreds of Unearthed Human Bones?

When a Philadelphia construction company dug up an old cemetery, local archaeologists stepped in to help—because there was no one else.
Cara Giaimo April 12, 2017
José Alfredo Jiménez's mausoleum in Dolores Hidalgo.
Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico

Mausoleum of José Alfredo Jiménez

A tomb in the shape of a traditional Mexican hat and shawl for the father of modern rancheras.
Douglas's marker in Cedar Hill Cemetery
Vicksburg, Mississippi

Grave of Douglas the Confederate Camel

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
One of the coffins uncovered at the site.
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Philadelphia Construction Workers Have Unearthed Dozens of Centuries-Old Coffins

This is how haunted houses are born.
Eric Grundhauser March 10, 2017
The Allman Brothers Grave
Macon, Georgia

Rose Hill Cemetery

At Macon’s oldest cemetery two members of Allman Brothers are buried side by side.