In many cultures, people consider it unethical, insensitive, and harmful to photograph human remains, much less to make such an image viewable to the public. The SAPIENS editorial team explains its philosophy and approach to handling images of human remains.
An archaeological field school experience shines a light on the grave concerns people have about the treatment of human remains.
How long have we been burying the dead? And why is it so haunting when we can’t set those who have passed to rest?
The science is clear—early London was a multicultural society. Still, some people refuse to believe it.
Embalming is just one among the world’s wide variety of funeral practices, and in a sense it’s as ordinary as any other. Then again, it’s pretty strange.
An ancient interment site in Russia challenges us to rethink how Paleolithic humans in Europe treated their dead and organized their societies.