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Israel seeks return of Jewish remains buried in Lebanon as part of prisoner talks - report

The discussions reportedly involved remains buried in Jewish cemeteries in Beirut and Sidon, alongside the status of Lebanese detainees held by Israel.

The Beth Elamen Jewish cemetery at Damascus Road in the Achrafieh quarter of the Lebanese capital Beirut, taken 2021
Jabalpur, Jewish Cemetery.

Bene Israel community fight to save historic Jabalpur cemetery from land grab, desecration

British infantry soldiers running out of their trenches at the signal to assault  the Somme, France, 1916.

The Somme, 110 years on: The Jewish soldiers who fought and died

THE TAIPEI Synagogue.

Taiwan's Jewish community establishes first-ever cemetery in Taipei, buries 74-year-old man


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.

Archaeologists uncover ancient Roman horse cemetery with over 100 horses in Stuttgart

Archaeologist Sarah Roth explained: "Here we see a particularly close bond of the owner to his horse. Even after about 1,800 years, the grief over the death of this one animal is still evident."

 Archaeologists uncover ancient Roman horse cemetery with over 100 horses in Stuttgart.

Leave politics out of Remembrance Day - opinion

Remembrance Day exists for the entire people – one day a year when the nation collectively expresses gratitude to the fallen and stands in solidarity with the families left behind.

 MOUNT HERZL Military Cemetery in Jerusalem: The national Remembrance Day exists for the entire people – one day a year when the nation collectively expresses gratitude to the fallen and stands in solidarity with the families left behind, the writer states.

How antisemitic vandals unwittingly delivered a message of hope to the world - opinion

When our people are defaced and defiled, we shine through as a holy and spiritual nation – a people who stand by each other in the face of hate and emerge stronger in spite of it. 

 CLOWN DOCTORS entertain children fleeing Ukraine, at a tent town in Humenné, Slovakia, in February 2022.

Rabbinical Court denies woman's cremation request, orders Jewish burial

The court ruled that the woman was not competent to make decisions regarding her body or inheritance, invalidating the will and ordering that her remains be transported to Israel for burial.

The Great Rabbinical Court of Appeals in Jerusalem.

Archaeology students excavating Warsaw’s main Jewish cemetery are uncovering a forgotten world

In the last few years, a new form of life has come to the cemetery. Young people stand in between the gravestones, chattering, laughing, and digging with shovels.

 Gravestones under restoration at Warsaw's largest Jewish cemetery, September 2024.

Fragments of the world's oldest runestone uncovered in Norway

Dating between 50 BCE and 275 CE, the Holesteinen reshapes understanding of early runic writing.

 Fragments of the world's oldest runestone uncovered in Norway.