Burial

A woman with blonde hair and wearing a navy T shirt stands looking up towards the top left of the image. She has a large white earring and stands in front of some Roman ruins

Alice Roberts: “Christianity didn’t invent itself as an empire from nothing: it adapted existing Roman structures”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

an illustration of a pale blue gravestone with several small drawings on it, including a moon, a heart, a ring and some flowers. Around the gravestone there are flowers and it is set against a bright blue background

Why we should be better about talking about death, with Dr Helen Gittos. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dramatic view of the sun setting over a megalithic tomb and stone circle. (Dreamstime)

Egypt’s lost tombs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Seeking eternity: 5,000 years of ancient Egyptian burial. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Five places Richard III may have wanted to be buried (and none of them are Leicester)

Richard III reburial special. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Victorian burials and the history of psychology. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.