Death customs

WARSAW, POLAND—A team led by Agnieszka Tomas of the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Warsaw excavated two graves found near Novae, a Roman legion camp in northern Bulgaria, according to a report in Science in Poland.

Flags at all Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) facilities in Greece's biggest harbor flew at half-mast last week, as the Chinese-controlled company participated in the national mourning for the victims of the devastating wildfires that hit an eastern Attica last week.

The family and co-workers of a young Turkish cameraman, who was killed in Dominican Republic, are mourning the loss.

Australian academics could help unlock mysteries around ancient Egypt after discovering that a 2,500-year old coffin might contain the remains of a prestigious mummy.

Flags flew at half-mast on buildings across Turkey on Nov. 27 to mark a day of mourning for the victims of last week’s terror attack in Egypt.

Turkey has declared a day of national mourning after the attack in Egypt on Nov. 26.

"I hope you never have to experience anything like it, my dears." A friend's mother passed away recently. Up until her death, when she was more than 90 years old, she had insisted that her body be cremated, having gone through the painful experience of burying her father's remains when she was 40. The family obliged, transporting her body to Bulgaria, where she was cremated.

A total of 110 tombs dating back more than 2,000 years have been discovered in northern China’s Hebei province.
The tombs were used to bury the remains of children, and archeologists estimate there might be 500 to 700 more such tombs in the surrounding area.

Churches in a western Greek region will ring funeral bells every day until Saturday to protest a new law that makes it easier for people to change their legally recognized gender, clerics said on Monday.

The Turkish Interior Ministry has ordered governors to play Ottoman-era composer Itri's piece with lyrics from Quran verses instead of Frédéric François Chopin's "Marche Funèbre" during the funeral processions of fallen soldiers.