High on the sheer limestone cliffs in southwest China, ancient wooden coffins remain wedged into rock faces hundreds of feet above the ground. Long treated as archaeological curiosities, these ...

Mesopotamia, eighth century b.c. Streams and irrigation canals shown on both reliefs are also mentioned in a text commissioned by Sennacherib that records his grand efforts to transform Nineveh. This ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by At Greenwich House Theater, Greta Gertler Gold and Hilary Bell’s stage adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s novel hovers between reverie and reality. By ...

The ancient funeral tradition of “hanging coffins” in southern China was carried out by ancestors of a minority ethnic group still living in the region today, a new study has found. The report ...

In a recent study, researcher Dr. Hui Zhou and his colleagues conducted a genetic analysis of the genomes of individuals associated with the ancient Hanging Coffin tradition in Southeast and Southern ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Authorities in Helena-West Helena are investigating after a body was found hanging from a tree near a grocery store on Wednesday. Officials stated that a civilian near Hays Grocery ...

People buried in "hanging coffins" thousands of years ago in China and Southeast Asia have finally been identified through DNA research. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Archaeologists have shined fresh light on the mystery behind China’s hanging coffins. It seems there could be a direct genetic link between ancient practitioners of the hanging coffin burial tradition ...

“Picnic at Hanging Rock: The Musical,” an adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s eerie novel, will begin performances on Dec. 16 at the Greenwich House Theatre (27 Barrow Street) for a strictly limited ...

Home decoration was all the rage in the late 19th century. With the Industrial Revolution in England and America in full swing, a growing middle class on both sides of the Atlantic had spending money ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Harris County medical examiner's office identified a man found hanging underneath the I-610 North Loop overpass in northeast Houston last week as Jeremy Norman Carnes.