The University of Münster announced the discovery of the fourth-century church in a press release on Oct. 11. The school, which is located in Germany ... had a floor made of mortar and terracotta ...

The Capela dos Ossos is a church in Évora, Portugal, made from human bones. It was built by monks in the 16th century who wanted to encourage people to reflect on their existence. It's estimated ...

A Namibian government delegation received the skulls at a church service in the capital, Berlin. The bones had been sent to Germany for now-discredited research to prove the racial superiority of ...

We are a tenant church. Renting a space for worship is a way of life deep in our bones. Cleaning up is written into our contract, one of the tasks that comes with low rent for a few hours each Sunday ...

The main part of the church and two towers were constructed in the late 1400s, built with red bricks in order to save money as there were no local stone quarries. The domed tower roofs were added ...

The church's 433-foot-tall tower, home to Germany's largest clock bell, is visible from all over the city. In the crypt far below, about 2,000 people have been laid to rest. Views from the top are ...

Police are trying to establish if the bones are human The discovery of bones by workers digging up ground outside a church has prompted ... the Thames Valley has made "real progress" in tackling ...

It’s no great surprise, therefore, that we find evidence of that particular, peculiar practice of structured play that we ...

The green stone bracelet found earlier in Layer 11 had almost surely been made by modern humans. The toe bone was Neanderthal. And the finger bone was something else entirely. One cave ...

On Oct. 17, the Roman Catholic Church remembers the ... by the teeth of these beasts to be made the pure bread of Christ.” His memory was honored, and his bones venerated, soon after his death ...

If we ever needed to use our vote, use our voice, to ask whose policies will help the poor, we sure do need to now. As long ...

Whether it's digging up the dead in Madagascar or a striptease in Taiwan, different cultures have unique rituals to mark a person's passing.The pharaohs of ancient Egypt were embalmed, as were several ...