The coffin was so heavy in part because it was ... including what may have been a young woman's dowry. "One grave of a young woman contained a collection of valuables, all laid at the feet of ...

Just why the Romans did this, though, remains a mystery. The experts that made the discovery found that the natural ...

A Roman-era cemetery, found ahead of a construction project in England, holds an unusual burial at its center.

Grave goods like this glass vessel were found buried near the coffin. Headland Archaeology After the construction workers discovered the coffin, a team of researchers from Headland Archaeology be ...

Evidence points to the possibility that the coffin belonged to an important person, perhaps the head of a prominent family.

Archaeologists have uncovered a Roman -era cemetery in England with the unique burial of a “high-status individual” encased ...