Archaeologists in England have discovered a Roman-era cemetery with an unusual burial at its center — a stone coffin holding a deceased individual encased in liquid gypsum. This practice is ...

The burial contained a stone coffin that held a deceased individual was enclosed in liquid gypsum, according to LiveScience. This burial practice was from Roman times and was known to be more ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a Roman-era cemetery in England with the unique burial of a “high-status individual” encased in liquid gypsum at its centre. Researchers found that the central ...

A new £1 million project will investigate the mysterious Roman burial practice of pouring liquid gypsum over the clothed ...

But during recent roadwork, a team of archaeologists from Headland Archaeology discovered not only a small cemetery near a section of a Roman-era road, but the uniquely peculiar burial practice of ...

Mysterious rites and rituals surrounding Roman burials are to be explored by experts in York with funding for a new £1m ...