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'Jesus-era' burial shroud found

A team of archaeologists and scientists says it has, for the first time, found pieces of a burial shroud from the time of Jesus in a tomb in Jerusalem.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8415377.stm

2009-12-16

Jesus Christ archeology grave Shroud of Turin

Do dead bodies in Haiti pose a health risk?

There is this myth that bodies have to be disposed of incredibly quickly, which often leads to bodies being shoved into pits without any form of identification.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8465464.stm

2010-01-19

corpse death body grave infection

Hidden graves found using chemical 'sniffer' technology

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10919441

A "sniffer tube" could replace dogs in the arsenal of tools to locate hidden graves.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10919441

2010-08-09

sniffing dog chemistry grave smell sensitivity

Stonehenge boy 'was from the Med'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11421593

2010-09-28

Stonehenge archaeology skeleton grave toread Mediterranean

Top Nazi Rudolf Hess exhumed from 'pilgrimage' grave

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14232768

The grave holding the remains of Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess has been destroyed to stop it being used as a pilgrimage site by neo-Nazis. ... The remains were later cremated and are to be scattered at sea.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14232768

2011-07-21

Nazi Rudolf Hess grave exhumation World War II