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Burial prices in Iran skyrocket by up to 50% after Tehran council approves new tariff - report

For a 10 km journey, families will now need to pay 9.75 million rials, not including the costs of ritual washing, the shroud, cold storage before burial, and gravestone installation.

Graves of recently-buried people killed in US-Israeli airstrikes are pictured at Beheshta Zahra cemetery on the southern outskirts of Tehran on March 9, 2026.
Tomb stones of Jewish soldiers fallen during the WWI on the side of the Romanian Army, witness the once large Jewish comunity of Iasi, on February 2, 2024 at the Jewish Cemetary in Iasi, eastern Romania.

Gravestones toppled in Romanian Jewish cemetery where Gantz's family is buried

President Isaac Herzog hosts bereaved families in the President's Residence, Jerusalem, February 15, 2026; illustrative.

Herzog vows Israel will never stop searching for Ron Arad at missing soldiers memorial

Buildings lie in ruins amidst the rubble in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 8, 2025.

IDF confirms Gaza Commonwealth war cemetery damaged in operation to destroy Hamas terror tunnels


Kent Cemetery Shock: Anglo-Saxon Girl at Updown Carried Yoruba DNA

In two cases, individuals with West African lineage were buried as typical members of their communities, indicating that they were valued locally.

Ancient English cemetery.

2,200-Year-Old Warrior King and Horse Unearthed in Bulgaria

Archaeologists say the untouched burial connects to a neighboring tomb found last year, indicating a late Hellenistic cemetery for Thracian elites.

Finding from the grave.

Mosaic with Star of David and Hidden Messages in Ancient Greek Found in Turkey

Turkish archaeologists found a 35 sqm mosaic in Diyarbakır with a Star of David, cross motif, six lines of Ancient Greek text, and geometric patterns during a grave excavation in Ergani district.

Illustration: Star of David mosaic.

Lithuania scraps planning by Jewish groups to convert sports complex into Jewish heritage site

AJC said that the decision “raises serious questions and casts a shadow over Lithuania’s stated commitment to Holocaust memory and Jewish heritage.”

The Vilnius Palace of Concerts and Sports.

Vandals deface Holocaust memorial in Polish Jewish cemetery with anti-Israel, Nazi graffiti

This incident occurred just days after far-right MEP Grzegorz Braun referred to the Auschwitz gas chambers as “fake” and accused the Auschwitz Museum of promoting “pseudo-history.”

 The Holocaust memorial that was defaced over Friday night with a swastika and anti-Israel graffiti In Dulka Poland on July 11, 2025.

Tour de France chaos: Fans trample graves, 11 bikes stolen

Surfers and city residents were furious: "They have no respect — neither for the living nor for the dead." 11 bicycles belonging to Team Cofidis were stolen from a truck.

 Tour de France

Lost cemetery? Tourists find human remains on Edisto Beach, South Carolina

The sheriff's office stated, "Early indications suggest the remains may originate from a long forgotten burial site."

 Edisto Beach State Park.

Over 100,000 bodies: Largest slave burial site in Latin America found in Brazil

The site may be the largest cemetery of enslaved people in Latin America and could be recognized as the 'Archaeological Site Cemetery of the Africans'.

 Over 100,000 bodies: Largest slave burial site in Latin America found in Brazil.

Archaeologists uncover 4000-year-old cemeteries and rock art in Tangier Peninsula

Discovery reveals complex funerary traditions in a little-known Mediterranean region.

 Archaeologists uncover 4000-year-old cemeteries and rock art in Tangier Peninsula.

Miniature black juglets reveal Iron Age burial practice in Jerusalem cemetery

Israel Antiquities Authority paper records 49 black-fired vessels in a single Mamilla tomb and tracks their decline across the late eighth to early sixth centuries BCE.

 Miniature black juglets reveal Iron Age burial practice in Jerusalem cemetery.